FAMILY HERBA 



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Rice Orijza 



A VERY common plant in the East, sown m 

 the ficlils for the sake of the seed or grain. It 

 grows four feet high ; the stalk is rounds hollow, 

 and jointed ; the leaves are long and grassy, and 

 of a pale green colour, but they are broader than 



thoseof any of our kinds of corn. The flowers ur 

 inconsiderable ; the seeds or grains are contauied in 

 bushes of a brown colour, each having a long beard 

 to it, usually curled at the bottom^ and divided at 

 the top into two parts. 



We eat rice as a food rather than medicine; hut 

 it is excellent for those who hiive habitual purglngs 



or loosenesses ; it is to be eaten any way for this 

 purpose, only it must becontinuedj and it will dr> 

 more than all the medicines in the world/ The rice- 



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milk is excellent for this purpose. 



Garden Rocket. Erucasatim, 



A COMMON plant in our gardens^ two feet 

 high, and very erect. The stalk is round and of 

 a deep green ; the leaves are oblong, considerably 

 broad, of a deep green colour, and divided at the 

 edges : the flowers 



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stand 



in a long spike at the top of the stalk. The pods 

 are long and slender. 



Some people are fond of rocket as a sallad herb, 

 but it is not very pleasant. It wofks by urine, ^nd 



good 



made into a syrup is good against cougl 



xpectpration, and eases the lungs. 



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