'The XJfeful Family Herbal. ^ 



immediatery from the Root, with feveral fmall" 

 Leaves round about it. It is the Head of a Thiille, 

 and the flowery Part is white on the Edge, and 

 yellow in the Middle. The Root is long, and of 

 a brown Colour on the Outfide, and reddifh with- 

 in ; it is of a warm aromatic Tafle. 



This is the only Part of the Plant ufed in Me- 

 dicine. They fay it is a Remedy for the Plague : 

 But however that may be, it is good in nervous 

 Complaints, and in Stoppages of the Menfes, 



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The Caraway Plant. 



C A R U M. 



Wild Plant of the umbelliferous Kind, 

 quent in moft Parts oi Europe, but cultivated 

 in Germany for the Sake of the Seed. I have met 

 with it very common in Lincoln/hire. 



It srows to a Yard high ■, the Stalks are flriated- 



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and firm ; the Leaves are finely divided, and the 

 Flowers are white and fmall, they grow in Tufts, 

 or Umbels, on the Tops of the Branches j the 

 Seeds that follow them are very well known. 

 The Seeds are excellent in the Gholic, and irv 



Diforders of the Stomach, they are beft chewed. 



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,WlL D C A R O T. 



DAUCUS SYLVESTRIS. 



Common Plant about our Hedges, and in 



dry Pallures. It grows near a Yard high, 

 and has fmall Flowers, and after them rouah Seeds 

 difpofed in Umbels, at the Tops of the Branches, 

 thefe are hollow, and thence called by the Chil- 

 dren Birds Nefls. 



The Stalks are flriated and firm, the Leaves 

 are divided into fine and numerous Partitions, and 



are* 



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