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FAMILY HERB AL. . 195 



Tliesc leaves are the part used, we have them 

 dried at the druggists, but thej commonly keep them 

 till they are decayed. It is an aromatic medicine, 

 it strengthens the stomach, and is good in nervous 

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Lentile. Lens. 



A KIND of little pulse, sown in fields in some 

 parts of England. It grows a foot and a half high, 

 but does not stand very upright- The stalk is an- 

 ^ulated, of a pale green, and branched ; the leaves 

 are like those of the common pea : they consist each 

 of several pairs of small ones, set on a rib, and there 

 is a tendril in place of an odd leaf at the end. These 

 small leaves are of a pale green colour, and ovai 

 fihape. The flowers are white and small, but in 

 shape like a pea blossom, they stand singly on long 

 stalks. The fruit is a pod of a flattish shape, in 

 which there generally are two seeds also a little 

 flatted, and of the bigness of a small pea. 



The fruit, is used ; it is ground to powder to 

 make into pultices for swellings, but it is not much 

 Regarded. 



Lettice. Lactuca. 



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A COMMON plant in our kitchen gardens, 

 which we e^t raw. When it rises to flower \i is 

 two iett and a half high. The stalk is round, 

 thick, very upright, and of a pale green. The 

 leaves are oblong, broad, and somewhat waved at the 

 edges ; the flowers stand on the tops of the stalks, 

 and are cf a pale yellow^ the seed is winged with a light 



white down. 



The juice of lettice, is a good medicine to pro- 

 cure sleep, or the thick stalk ea(en_\yAll serve the 



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