2bS FAMILY HERBAL. 



Pellitory of the Wall. Parietaria, 



A WILD plant frequent on old wallg^ with weak 



"branches^ and pale green leaves. It grows a fool 



hlghj but seldoni altogether erect. The stalks 

 are round, tender^, a little hairy^ jointed, and oftea 

 purplish. The leaves stand irregularly on them^ 

 and arc an inch lougy broad in the middle, and 

 smaller at each end. The flowers stand close upon 

 the stalks, and are small and inconsiderable, of 

 a whitish green colour when open, but reddish in 

 the bud. 



The whole plant is used, and it is best fresh- 

 An infusion of it works well by urine. It is very 

 serviceable in the jaundice, and is often found a 

 present remedy in fits of the gravel, the infusion 

 Deing taken largely, 



Pellitory of Spain. PyretJirum. 



A VERY pretty little plant kept in our gardenf, 

 Itiseight inches high. The stalk is round and 

 thick. The leaves are very finely divided, so that 

 they resemble those of the camomile, but they are 

 of a pale green, thick, and fleshy, and the stalk is 

 purple. The flowers stand at the tops of the 

 branches, and are very pretty : they are of the shape 

 and size of the irreat daisy or ox-eye, white at the 

 «*3ges, yellow in the middle, and red on the back or 

 underside. The root is long, and somewhat thick^ 

 of a very hot taste. 



The root is used : we have it at the dru£:j2:ists* 



Its great acridness fills the mouth with rheum on 



ehcwing,' and it is good against the tooth-acli. It 



is also good to he put into the mouth in palsies, for 



^ will sometimes alooc, by iti stimulation, restore 

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