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green, of a dusty surface ; sometimes they gro^ 

 one from the edge of another, up to the third or 

 fourth stage : they have also many other accidental 

 varieties ; and sometimes they bear little brown 

 lumpsj which are supposed to contain the seeds. 



The whole plant is to be used ; it is to be taken 

 fresh from the ground, shook clean, and boiled 

 in water, till the decoction be very strong ; then 

 there is to be added as much milk as there is of 

 the liquor, and it is to be sweetened with honey. 

 It is an excellent medicine for children's coughs; 



it is recommended particularly in that called the 

 cbincougb. 



Common Ground Moss. Muscus terrestris iml' 



ga7'is. 



A PRETTY, but yery small plant. It creeps 

 on the ground, or rises in tufts two or three inches 

 high, according to the place. The stalks are Terj 

 slender, but they are thick, covered with leaves, 

 and their branches are disposed in such a manner 

 that thej in sonie degree resemble fern. The 

 leaves are very small, of a triangular shape, and of 

 a bright green ; they stand loosely on the lower 

 part of the stalks, but on the upper, they lie close 

 and cover them. It very rarely produces its 

 seeds ; but when it does, there rise naked and very 

 Render pedicles an inch long from the bosoms of 

 the leaves, and at the top of each of these stands 

 a little oblong head, of a brownish red colour, 

 covered with a cap like an extinguisher in shape, 

 aod full of a fine green dust. 



The whole plant is used ; it is to be dried and 

 powdered, and is given with success against over- 

 flowings of the menses, aud all bleedings ; it is aUo 

 good against the whites, 



