TJoe Ufeful Family Herbal. 5 3 



It is hardly ncccfTary to defcribe the common Bur- 

 dock- It maybe enough to fay, that it grows a Yard 

 high, and has vaft Leaves of a Figure approach- 

 ing to triangular, and of a whitifli green Colour. 

 The Stalks are round, ftriated, and very tough : 

 The Flowers arc fmall and red, and they grow 

 amons; the hooked Prickles of thofe Heads which 

 we call Burs, and which flick to our Cloaths. 

 Even this fecms a Provifion of Nature in Kindnefs 

 to us. In pulling off thefe we fcatter the Seeds of 

 which they are compofed> and give Rife to a moll 

 ufeful Plant in a new Place. The Root of the 

 Burdock is long and thick ; brown on the Outfide, 

 and whitifh within ; this is the Part ufed in Me- 

 dicine, and it is of very great Virtues. It is to 

 be boiled, or infufed in Water; the Virtue is diu- 

 retic, and it is very powerfully fo. It has cured 

 Dropfies alone. The Seeds have the fame Vir- 

 tue, but in a lefs Degree. The Root is faid to 

 be fudorifick and good in Fevers-, but its Virtue 



in operating by Urine is its great Value. 



Burnet. 



PIMPINELLA SANGUISORBA. 



Common wild Plant. It grows by Way-fides, 

 and in dry Places, and flowers in July. The 

 Leaves which rife immediately from the Root 

 are very beautiful ; they arc of the winged kind, 

 being compofed of a great Number of fmaller, 

 growing on each Side a middle Rib, with an 

 odd one at the End, They are broad, fnort, 

 roundiili, and elegantly ferrated round the Edges. 

 The Stalks are a Foot high, round, firlated, pur- 

 plilh or green, and almoft naked ; the few Leaves 

 they-have are like thofe at the Bottom. On the 

 Tops of thefe Stalks (land the Flowers i they are 

 difpofed in little round Clullers, and are fmali 



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