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72r VJeful Family HerlaL .505 



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A Pretty wild Plan:, but not frequent In all 

 ^^ Parts of the Kingdom. It is a Foot high. 

 The Stalk is round, firm, and upright, of a pale 

 green Colour. The Leaves arq fmall, longifh, and 

 of a pale Green alfo, and the Flowers Hand at the 

 Tops of the Branches, into v/hich the Stalk di- 

 vides in its upper Part, they are white and little. 

 The Leaves that grow immediately from the pobt^ 

 are four Inches lone, narrow, and ferrated "about 



the Edges, and of a deep Green. 



: The Leaves are ufed, they are recommended 

 greatly in the Sciatica o^ Hip-Gout i they are to . 

 be applied externally, and repeated as they grow 

 dry. The beft Way is, to beat them with a little 

 X^rd. It is an approved Remedy, and it is 

 Itrancre that it is not more in Ufe, 



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^Wart Cresses, or Swine s Cresses^ 



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Little wild Plant vtr^ common about cur 

 Fields and Qardens. It fpreads upon the 

 Ground. The Stalks are Eve or fix Inches long, 

 firm, and thick, but ufually^flat on the Earth, very 

 iiiuch branched, and full of Leaves. The Leaves 

 that rife immediately from the Root, are long and 

 deeply divided, and thofe on the Stalks refemble 

 them, only they are fmaller : They are of a deep 

 gloffy green Colour, and not at all hairy. The 

 Flowers are fmall and white, they ftand at the 

 Tops of the Branches and among the Leaves, the 



Seed.-VeiTels are fmall and rough. 



Tills 



