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no FAMILY HERBAL 



they 



potted or clouded irregularly with v^Mtc, 



nrickles. The flow- 



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ers grow at tlie tops of the stalks^ several together. 



among th 



d very wide opea at *he mouth ; their 



colour is yellow, Tariegafed with purpl 

 middle, and they have a very prctfy appear 

 The fresh gathered tops of the plant a 

 used ; an infusion of them is cooling, ar 

 by urine. ^ It is good against scorbutic con 

 and in the jaundice* 



The Hop Plant. Lupulus. 



' A CLIMBING plant, with very long stalks^ 

 common in nur hedges^ and cultivated also in many 

 places. The stalks arc roundish, rough to the 

 touch* and of a purplish colour often, »ometimc/i 

 only green. The kaves are very large, of a round- 

 ish figure, deeply indented, of £ d&rk green colour, 

 and very rough also to the touch. The fruit is 

 f ufficicntly knov/n. 



A decoction of fre^h gathered hops is good against 

 the jaundice ; and the powder of hops dried m an 

 ©Ten, has been often known to cure agues, but 

 tipon this there is no absolute depefidance. 



White Horehound. Marrubium alhum. 



A WHITE hoary plant, with little flowers in 

 tufts round the stalks, frequent in dry places m 

 many parts of the kingdom. It grows sixteea 

 inches high. The stalks are square, and very ro- 

 bust, hairy, pale coloured, and upright. Tfie 

 leaves stand two at each joint, they are short and 

 broad^ blunt at the ends, and widely indented at 



