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mountainous parts of Italy, and commfHi in our 

 gardens. It is three fedt high. The stalk i* 

 upright, round, striated, and hollow. The leaves 

 which grow from the root, are long and somewhat 

 broad ; some of these are divided deeply on each 

 side, others arc entire ; all have a broad and round 

 end. Those on the stalks are smaller, and thej 

 are all deeply divided. The flowers stand in 

 large tufts, in the form of umbels, at the tops 

 of the stalks and branches ; they are small and 

 white. The root is long, irregular, and mode* 

 lately thick ; it creeps under the surface of 

 the ground, and has a strong smell ; its colour is 

 brown, and \t is full of fibres. 



This root is used dry ; the druggists call it phu : 

 it is good in fevers and suppressions of the menses. 



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all ohstruc- 



d good against disorders of 



nerves. 



Wild Valerian. Valeriana stjlvestris. 



. A TALL and han^isomc plant, frequent in our 

 woods and upon heaths, not unlike the garden 

 valerian in its form and manner of growth, and 

 of greater virtues. It is a yard high. The 

 stalks are round, striated, upright, hollow, and 

 of a pale green. The leaves are large and beauti- 

 ful ; they are each composed of several pairs of 

 smaller set on a common rib, aiid with an odd 

 one at the end. These arc long, narrow, den- 

 tatcd at the edges, of a faint gecn colour, and 

 a little hairy. The flowers stand in large tufts 

 like umbels at the tops of the stalk-*, and are 

 small and white with a blush of reddish. The 



root is of a whitish colour^ and is composed of 



