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grow from the root, when there Is no stalk. Thev 

 are to be given in decoction against the overflow- 

 ings of the menses, the bloody flux, the bleeding 

 pfthe piles, and spitting of blood ; boiled in milk, 

 they are also excellent bj way of pultice to the 

 piles, and other painful swellings. 



Mustard. Sinapi. 



A COMMON rough looking plant, wild in 

 many places, but kept also in gardens, for the sake 

 of the seed. It grows a yard high. The stalk 

 is round, smooth, thick, and of a pale green ; the 

 leaves are large, and of a coarse green, deeply 



indented, and placed irregularly ; they hang down^ 

 and have a disagreeable aspect. The flowers are 

 small and yellow ; they grow in great numbers 

 on the tops of the brandies, and the pods of the 

 seed follow them 



f an acrid 



The root is wh 



pungent taste. 



The seeds are the part used ; what we call 

 mustard is made of them, and it is very wholesome ; 

 it strengthens the stomach, and procures an appetite. 

 The seed bruised and taken in large quantities^ 

 works by urine, and is excellent against rheu- 

 matisms, and the scurvy. It also promotes the 

 menses. Laid upon the tongue it will sometimes 

 ircstore speech in palsies. 



T R E AC LE Must AR D. Thlasjpi discordis. 



A LITTLE wild plant with broad leaves, whife 

 €owers, and flat^pods^ common in dry places. It 

 is eight inches high ; the stalk is round, and stri- 

 ated. The leaves are oblong, and broad, of a 

 palq greea colourj and d^ntated round the edges. 



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