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agrainst inward bleedings. The root, dried and 



powdered, is u remedy for purgings^ and is good 

 against the whites. 



PoLEYMouNTAiN. PoUum montauum. 



A PRETTY plant, native of the warmer parts 

 ©f Europe, and kept in our gardens. It is ten in- 

 ches high. The stalks are square and whitish : 

 the leaTes are oblong and narrow, of a white colour, 

 and woolly surface ; they stand two at a joint, and 

 they are indented at the edges* The flowers are 

 small and white. They grow in a kind of woolly 

 tufts at the tops of the branches. 



The whole plant is used; it is best dried ; given 

 in infusion, it promotes the menses, and removes 

 obstructions of the liver, hence it is recommended 

 greatly in the jaundice. It operates by urine. 



Candy Poleymountain. Folium creticum. 



• A LITTLE plant of a woolly appearance, native 

 of the Grecian Islands, and kept in some garden*. 

 It grows but about six inches high. The stalki 

 are square, white^ weak, and seldom upright. 

 The leaves stand two at each joint : they are nar- 

 row, oblong, and not at all indented at the 

 edges. They are of a white woolly aspect, and of 

 a pleasant smelL The flowers are small and white, 

 and they grow in tufts at the tops of the stalks; 

 their cups are very white. 



The whole plant is to be used dried. It ope- 

 rates very powerfully by urine, and is good againtt 

 all hysteric complaints, but it is not to be given to 

 Women with child, for it^has so much cfficacv in 

 promoting the menses, that it may occasion abortion^^ 



