243 FAMILY HEUBAL. 



Wild Navew. Bumas. 



THE plant wliicli produces what we call- rape* 

 fieedj and in some places cole-seed. Though wild 

 fan our ditch hanks ; it is sown in some places for 

 the sakcof lis seedj from which an oil is made for 

 mechanical purposes. Tlie plant is two or three 

 feet high ; the stalk is round, upright^ smooth 

 thickj firni, and of a pale green^ the lower leaves 

 are long and narmw^ verj deeply divided at thtf 

 edges, and of a pale or bluish green colour. Thosd 

 on the stalk are of the same colour, but smal}, 

 narrow, and a little divided : the flowers are small, 

 and of a bright yellow. The pods are long, and 

 the seeds are round, large, and black ; thej are 

 of a somewhat hot and sharp taste. The seeds 

 are used for the same purposes as the other, and 

 are supposed to have more virtue, but probably 

 Acither have much. 



Colic Nard. Nardus celtica. 



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A LITTLE plant of the valerian kind, frequent 

 in many parts of Europe, but not a native of Eng- 

 land, it 'is six or eight inches in height; the 

 stalks are round, striated, and greenish : the leaves 

 at the bottom' are oblong, narrow at the base, and 

 rounded at the end, and of a veliowish green colour. 

 Those on the stalks stand in pairs ; they are small 

 and deeply cut ; the flowers stand in a little cluster 

 at the top nf the stalk ; they are small and white ; 

 the root is long, slender, and creeping^. 



The root is the part used ; our druggists keep 

 it dry. It is best takeri in infusion. It operates 

 hy urine, and in some degree by sweat, but that 

 Iflery moderately ; it is commended ifl fevers and 

 in the jaundice. 



