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Arrach or Stinking Arrac'h. 



ATRIPLEX OLIDA. 



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Small wild Plant that grows about Farm- 

 Yards, and in wafte Grounds. The Stalks 

 are a Foot ^long, but weak; they feldom (land 

 upright, they are ftriated> and of a pale Green. 

 The Leaves are fmall, fliort, and rounded, of a 

 bluifh green Colour, and of the Breadth of a 

 Shilling or lefs. The Flowers are inconfiderable, 

 and the Seeds fmail, but they ftand in Clufters at 

 the Tops of the Branches, and have a greenifh 

 white Appearance. The whole Plant is covered 

 with a Sort of moifl Dul?in large Particles, and 

 has a moll unpleafant SmelL It is to be ufed 

 frefh gathered, for it lofes its Virtue in drying. 

 A Syrup may be made-ef a Pint of its Juice 

 and two Pounds of Sugar, and will keep all the 

 Year. The Leaves alfo mav be beat into a Con- 

 ferve, with three times their Weight of Sugar ; 

 in any of thefe Forms it is an excellent Medi- 

 cine in all hyfterick Complaints. It cures Fits, 

 and promotes the Menfes, and the neceflary Eva- 

 cuations after Delivery. 



. There is another kind of Arrach alfo mentioned 

 by medical Writers, and called Garden Arrach ; 

 it is an Annual raifed from Seed, for the Ufe of 

 the Kitchen. It grows to a Yard high, and the 

 Leaves are broad : Thofe which grow from the 

 Root have a little Leaf alfo on each Side the 

 Bafe. , They are covered with a wet Duft like the 

 other kind. Thefe Leaves are cooling and foft- 

 ening, they are good in Glyfters, but they are 

 iefs ufed, and lefs valuable tlian the other. 



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