ose yarn incon, 
This stall herb has but one leaf, which grows with the” stalk 
length above the ground, being flat and of a fresh green 
oad, like water plantain, but without any middle rib in it. From 
the bottom of the leaf there arises one, and sometimes two or three 
small slender stalks, the upper half of which are larger, serrated, anc 
_ of a yellowish green color, like the tongue of an adder. It grows 
, moist places, appearing early in the spring. Roots perrennial. 
peaeoned juice of the plant infused in wine or cider, is § 
It is also a good remedy for wounds in 
or bowels, and stays-hiceupping, vomiting, hemorrhage ; 
mations, and forms a jBoed healing spenetions for 
hy ae The herb si root. 
This plant rises two or three feet in height ; branching, towards. 
_. the top, bearing yellow flowers, succeeded by a small burr, wi 
2 will stick to the clothes ; its leaves alternate, growing on a stem 
ving five or six pairs, and an odd one at the end. It grows in 
vated fields, by the road sides, and in woods; blooms in 2 
wont and is sometimes known by the names of cockle-but 
tringent, corroborant, and tonic, and therefore gi 
tone of the bowels and solids. Taken in the form of 
nd herb, fora long time, it will almost invariably ¢ 
ul, also, in coughs, obstructed menses, | 
- complaints, gravel, asthma, and cutaneous diseases. ‘The best Wa 
to take it is ina strong decoction, sweetened with honey. 
. . : < 
Aneeuica. Angelica Sj ‘ylvestris. The root. 
"This plant, grows from two to four feet high, having | 
iy , with small joints at a considerable distance 
or: lea Jarge. stems, flowers white, unbelliferous, $ 
parsnip, ripe in August, and have a pungent aromatic 
Ge tecens, Jong and thick, hung with many fibres. 
ago Se im intervales, and rich places by the side 
‘ This age is an excellent aromatic, carminative, emn 
dis _Alone, or combined with t 
