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exceeding the ordinary ferns very muclj In 

 The stalks are smallj blacky and glossy ; eai 

 toward ihelop, into a great raanj branches, and oq 

 these: stand the smaller leaves, v^hich make up th? 

 complete one, or the \vh;de plant; (for in this, 

 as in the fern, every leaf is an entire plant ;) these 

 are short, blunt, rounded, and notched very beautip 

 fully and regularly at the edges, and tliey are of a 

 pale green colour. The seeds are fixed to the edges 

 of the under side of the leaves, inform of a brov^^n 

 powder. The whole plant is used: our druggists 

 have it from France. 



A decoction of the fresh plant, is gently diuretic^ 

 and opens obstructions, especially of flie lungs ; 

 but as we cannot easily have it fresh, and it loses 

 a great deal of the virtue in drying, the best ex- 

 pedient is to use the fine syrup of capellaire, wliicli 

 is made of an infusion of the plant, when in its pe^*- 

 fi^ction, with fine Narbonne honey. We suppose 

 tliis a trifle, but barley wa<er sweetened with it, 

 is one of the best known remedies for a violent 

 cough. 



English Maidenhair. Ti^ichomaiies. 



A VERY pretty little plants of kin to the true 

 maidenhair, and frequently used in its place ; but 

 this is very wrong, for its virtues are no greater, 

 and it is unpleasant. It grows eight inches, ana 

 each leaf, as in the rest of the fern kind, is an entire 

 plant. This l6af consists of a vast number ct 

 small ones, set on each side a middle rib, and the^ 

 are very short and obtuse, of a roundish, but some- 

 what oblong figure. The stalk is slender, black, 

 and shining, and the little leaves are of a bright 



mad strong green colour. The seeds arelodgcd fli 



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