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358 FAMILY IIIIRBAL. 



which send ovt o<her smaller ; and even these last 

 are aga-in divided. On the tops of the last di* 

 Tisions stand the flowers with their huds^ and 

 Ihe seed-vessels ; sc that the whole has the Ap- 

 pearance of a cone. The flowers are little and 

 vliito, and consist of three leaves each ; they 

 stand hut a little tiinCj and only a few are seen 

 together. 



The seed is the part used : the plant is to he 

 suffered to stand, till this is thoroughly ripe^ and 

 then cut. up gently^ and laid to dry two or 

 three days upon a tabic ; a smart stroke or two, 

 will dislodge a great quantity of the seeds ; they 

 are very good' against the ovcrflQwing of the 

 menses^ and all other bleedings ; and are giv- 

 en in powder, in electuaries, small doses be- 

 ing to be taken at a tiniCj and often repeated. 



Rue-leaved Whitlow -Grass. Paronydiia 



rutacca folio. 



A COMMON little plant, early in spring, on 

 our walls and houses, and of a very singular as- 

 pect ; it is red, and has pretty white flowers; 

 It is not more than four inches high; the stalks 

 are round, upright^ and a little hairy ; and they 

 are covered with an unctuous clamminess, which 

 makes them stick to the fingers in handling. The 

 leaves are little, and also red ; they are each 

 divided info three parts at the exfremity, in the 

 way of fingers : they stand irregularly on the 

 stalks, and they are thick, fleshy, and clammy 

 in hr.ndling. The flowers stand at the tups of 

 the branches ; they arc liftle, but of a very bright 

 '^hite, and look very conspicuous. The whole 

 plant dies away as soon as it has ripened the seed, 

 »ndis XI. to be s< en again fill the next spring. 



