FAMILY PiERBAL. ^^^ 



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places, but kept in g'ardens also. The stalks arc 

 numerous, and a foot or more in length, but they 

 do not stand upright : thej are rounds green, 

 and tough, aud generally trail upon the ground. 

 The leaves are oblong, broad,, of a shining green 

 colour, smooth on the surface and placed two 

 at each joint. The flowers are large and blue: 

 they are bell-fashioned, and stand on long foot 

 stalks : the fruit succeeding. Each is composed 

 ©f two longish pods ; each containing several 



seeds. 



The whole plant is used fresh. It Is to be boil- 

 ed in water, and the decoction drank with a little 

 red wine in it. It stops the overflowing of thc^ 

 menses, and the bleeding of the piles. 



Spelt, or St. Peter's Corn. Ze^. 



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A PLANT of the corn kind, resembling barley ; 

 sown in some parts of Europe, but not innrh 

 known fh England. It grows* a foot and a bah 

 high.. The stalk is round, boUow, jointed, and 

 green ; the leaves are grassy, but broad. At the 

 tops of the stalk stands an ear like that of barley, 

 but smaller and thinner, though with long beards ; 

 the grain is not unlike barley in shape, or between 

 that and wheat, only much smaller than either. 



The seed or grain is the part used ; it is supposed 

 to be strengthening and in some degree astringent, 

 but wc know very little of its qualities, nor are 

 they considerable enough to encourage us to ia-*^ 



quire after them. 



Pimpernel. AnagalUsJiQ: j ruhro. 



A PRETTY little plant common in corn fi 

 and garden borders. The stalks are square, snio 

 green^ but aot very uprigiit : they are five or 



