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S65 FAMILY HERBAL. 



Y. 



Yarrow. MiUefoUum. 



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A COMMON plant in our pastures, and by 

 vi^y sides. It is two or three feet high ; the stalk 

 is round, upright, firm and striated : the leaves 

 arc long-, and not verj broad, and they are the 

 most beautifully divided of those of any known 

 'ant. 



Their colour is a deep green, and the parts 

 into which they are divided are exceedingly fine, 

 slender, and regularly arranged : the flowers stand 

 at the (ops of the branches, in the manner ot 

 umbels, in round and large tufts ; they are white, 

 hut they often have a blush of red. The root 

 is white and creeping, and the seeds are white, 

 broad, and flat. 



The v/hole plant is used fresh gathered, but 

 the best part is the tops of the shoots ; these are 

 lo be boiled in water, and the decoction sweeten^ 

 cd with fine sugar ; it is excellent against the 

 bleedings of the piles, and bloody fluxes, and 

 the overflowing: of the menses. It is also heal- 

 ing and good in ulcerations of the ureters : and 



perates ^ei\i\y by 



Z. 



The Zedoary Plant. Zcdoaria. 



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AN Eastern plant, very singular, and very 

 beautiful. The root creeps under the surface, 

 and has many tuberous lumps, some long, and 

 some round ; but the long are preferred. The 

 lound have by many been called zcrumbeth ; 



though the zerurabeth is properly s^nother root. 



