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The flower? are small and jellow/and they common-i 

 ly stand at the tops of long spikes of pods^ which 

 have been flowers before them, ^ ' . 



The whole plant is usefl, an infusion of it fresh 

 is the best way of taking it. This dissolves tough 

 phlegm^ and is excellent in asthmas, ' hoarse- 

 nesses^ and other complaints of the breast. This 

 simple infu&ionj made into a sjrup^ with honey, 

 also answers the sp-nie purpose, and keeps all the 



year 



Hemlock. Cicuta. 



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A LARGEj tall^ and handsome umbelliferous 

 plant, frequent in Qwr hedges. It grows io six 

 feet m height ; the stalk is round, firm^ hollow, 

 and upright; it is of a dark green, and often 



stained \vith purple and yellow. The leaves are 

 xexy large^ and divided into verj^ fine and nurae-^ 

 rous partitions- The flowers arc small and white^ 

 atnd stand in large clusters on the tops of the stalks. 

 The seeds are roundish. The whole plant has 

 a strong disagreeable smelly and has been called 





poisonous. . 



The roots are excellent in pultices for hard 



swellings. ' 



HisMP. Cannabis. 



HEMP is a tall plant, of a coarse aspect, culti- 

 vated in f'plds for its stalk. It grows five feet high, 

 and is a robust plant ; the stalk is thick and rigid ; 

 the h Ype are numerous, ihey are large and each 

 com "'^led of six or seven smaller ; these are disposed 

 in the fr.inner of fingers, and arc of a deep green 

 rolou rough, narrow, and serrated at the edges. 

 The flowers in hemp grow in some plants, and the 



