F.4MILY HERRAL. 1S9 



End is good in most chronic cases arising from such 

 obstructiuns. 



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Ladies* Mantle. Archimilla. 



A VERY pretty little plant, native of some 



parts of E 



The 



d very beautiful ; tliey are 



broad, and of a roundish figure^ but divided 

 into_eightparts^ and each of these elegantly indent- 

 ed about the edges. They are of a yellowish 



gr-een colour, nearly as 



handj and they stand 



or two in length. Th 



P 



inch 

 dst: 



they are round, a little hairy^ eight inches long. 



very upright, and ot a ] 

 ^^ers stand in considerabl 



The 



they are small and of a greenish colour, but have a 

 great many yellow threads in the middle^ The rool 

 is long, thick, and dark coloured. 



The root is the part most valuable ; a decoction 

 of it fresh taken up, is an excellent remed)^ for the 

 overflowings of the menses, for bloody fluxes, and 

 all other bleedings. Dried and powdered, it an- 

 swers the same p^urpose, and is alsp goo^ against 

 common purgings. The good women in the north 

 of England apply the leaves to their breasts, to 

 make them recover their form, after they have been 

 swelled with milk. Hence it has got the name of 

 ladies* mantle. 



The Larch Tree. Larix. 



A MODERATELY tall, and in summer a very 

 beautiful tree, but though one of the resinous kind, 

 and in many respects approaching to the nature of 

 the fir and pine, it loses its leaves in winter : it is 



