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C o_\v SLIP OF Jerusalem. 



PULMONARIA MACULATA.. 



A Low Plant, but not without Beauty, kept in 

 Gardens for the Credit of its Virtues, which 

 are indeed more and greater than the prefentNeg- 

 k<5l of i: would hav- one to fuppofe. It grows to 

 eight or ten IPiChcs high •, the Leaves are long 

 and broad, hairy, of a deep Green, and fpottcd 

 with white Spots on the upper Side, but of a paler 

 Colour, and not fpotted underneath. The Stalks 

 arc nender, aneulated, and hair}', and have fmaller 



Leaves on them, but of the fame Figure with thofe 



from the Root. The Flowers are imall and red- 

 ifli, and growfeveral in a Clufter at the Top of 

 the Stalk. The Root is fibrous. 

 ■-5"he Leaves are ufed, they fhould be gathered 

 before the Stalks grow up, and dried, they are ex- 



cellent in Decoction for Coughs, Shortncfs of 



Breath, and all Diforders of the Lungs; taken in 

 Powder, they flop the Overflowings of the Menfes •, 

 and when frefli bruifed and put into a new made 

 Wound, they flop the Bleeding and heal it. 



C o \v- \v HEAT. 



CRATEOGONUM. 



A Corr^Tion wild Plant in our Woods and Thick- 



-*■ -^ ets, v/ith narrow blackilh Leaves and bright 

 yellow Flowers. It is eight Or ten Inches high. 

 The Stalks are f^uare and flender, very brittle, 



weak, and very feiaom quite upright. The Leaves 



are oblong and narrow, fometimes of a duflvy 

 green Colour, but oftener purpiifn or blackifh j 

 jiicy are broadeft at the Bafe, and fmall ail the 

 Way to the Point ; and they are commonly, but 

 not always, indented a little about the Edges. 



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