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ftrong decoction oT ihem is good against the jann- 



dice. It operates powerfullji' b;^ ufiuc> and openr 

 obstructions. ; 



Parsly Piert. Percicier. 



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'A^ LITTLE wild plant common among our 

 corn^ and in other dry places^ with small pale 

 leaves^ and hairy drooping stalks. It does not 

 grow to more than three or four inches in length, 

 and seldom stands well upriglit. The stalks are 

 round and whitish. The leaves stand irregularly ; 

 4;bej are narrow at the base^ and broad at the end> 

 where thej are divided into three rounded parti?. 

 The flowers are very small: they grow in clusters 

 atthejointSj and are of a greenish colour. The 

 seed is small and round. The root is fibrous. 



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The whole plant 'is used ; and it is best fresh. 

 An infusion of it is yevy powerful against the 

 gravel. It operates violently, but safely, by uriue, 

 and it opens* obstructions of the liver; whence 

 it is good also in the jaundice. There is an opinion 

 in many places, of its having a power of dissolv- 

 ing the stone in the bladder, but this is idle : there 

 is, however, a great deal of good to be done in 

 ftcphritic cases^ hy ^ medicines which have not 



this power. 



Macedonian PARaif.Y.' Pelroselinum Macedonicum. 



A PLANT kept in some of our gardens. It is 

 two feet high. The stalk is slender, branched, 

 and hairy. The leaves are composed of maiiy 

 parts, and those are small and rounded : those on 

 the. upper part of the stalk are more finely divided. 

 The flowers arc small and white, like those of xom- 



moa parsly ; and they stand like them, io cluiteri 



