7he Ufeful Fafnily HerhaL 3 3 



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of their having been open-, and they iland each 

 on a finojle Stalk, which rifes from the Root, and 

 has no Leaves on it. It flowers in January. 



The Root is an excellent Purge, it works bridcly 

 but fafely *, it deflroys Worms, and is good in 

 Dropfies, Jaundice, and many other Difeafes, and 

 even in Madnefs. But it is very neceflfary to keep 

 it in One's own Garden, for, if the Root be bought, 

 they commonly fell that of the green- flowered 

 wild or baftard Hellebore in its Place, which is a 

 rough Medicine. 



Ladies Bedstraw* 



GALLIUM LUTEUM. 



A Pretty wild Plant frequent about Hedges in. 

 -^ June and the fucceeding Months. The Stalk 

 is weak and two Feet high, the Leaves are of a 

 blackifh Green and fmall, and the Flowers are 

 yellow. The Stalk is angular and whitifh, very 

 brittle andfeldqm ftraighti the Leaves ftand a great 

 many at each joint, and are fmall, narrow, and 

 difpofed about the Stalk like the Rowels of a 

 Spur ; the Flowers grow in great Tufts on the 

 Tops of the Stalks, fo that they make a very 

 confpicuous Appearance, though fingly they are 



very fmall. * . , 



This Herb is little regatdedi but It has very 

 great Virtue ; it fhould be gathered, when ' the. 

 Flowers are not quite blown^ and dried in the 

 Shade. An Infufion of it will cure the mofl: 



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violent Bleedings at the Nofe, and almoft all other 

 Evacuations of Blood. 



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