I o 7^^ Ufifu^ Family HerbaL 



Alkanet. 



ANCHUSA. 



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A Lkanet is a rough Plant of no great Beauty, 

 ■^^ cultivated in France and Germany for the 

 Sake of its Root. It grows to a Foot and half 

 high : The Leaves are large and of a rough irre- 

 gular Surface, and bluifh green Colour; the 

 Flowers are fmall and purplilh ; the Root is long 

 and of a deep jAirple. It is kept dried in the 

 Shops. It has the Credit of an Aflringent and 

 Vulnerary, but it js little ufed. The beft Way 

 of giving of it, is to add half an Ounce to a 

 Qviart of Hartfhorn Drink -, it gives a good Co- 

 lour, and increafes the Virtue. 



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Angelica* 

 ANGELICA. 



J^ Large and beautiful Plant kept in our Gar- 

 dens, and found wild in fome Parts of the 



4\ingdom 



Height, and 



the Stalks robuft, and divided into Branches. 

 The Leaves are large, and compofed each of 

 many fmaller, fet upon a divided Pedicle; they 

 are notched at the Edges, and of a bright Green. 

 The Flowers are fmall, but they ftand in vafi 

 CJufters of a globofeForm : Two Seeds follow each 

 i lower. 



Every Part of the Plant is fragrant when bruifed 

 and every Part of it is ufed in Medicine. The 

 Root IS long and large ; we ufe that of our own 

 Growth frefh, but the fine fragrant dried Roots" 

 are brought from Spain. The whole Plant pof- 

 fefles the fame Virtues, and is cordial and fudo- 

 nhc ; It has been always famous againfl'peftilen- 

 tial and contagious Difcafes. The Root, the Stalks 



candied. 



