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i%e Ufeful Family Herhah 1 2 1 



a kind of Spikes at the Top of the Branches, 

 The whole Plant is covered in the Summer 

 Months with a kind of Balfam, which is gluti- 

 rwus to the Touch, and oi a wcry fragrant Smell. 

 This is fo injfiamable, that if a Candle be brought 

 near any Part of the Plant, it takes Fire and 

 goes off in a Flafh all over the Plant. This does 

 it no harm, and may be repeated after three or 

 four Days, a new Quantity of the Balfam beino- 

 produced in that Time. The Roots of this Plan*? 

 are the only Part ufed, and they are kept dry by the 

 Druggifts. They are commended in Fevers, and 

 in nervous and hyfteric Cafes, but their Virtues 

 are not great. I have found an In'inTiQn. of the 

 Tops of the Plant, a very pleafant and excellent 

 Medicine in the Gravel ♦, it works powerfully 

 Urine, and gives eafe in thofe Cholicky Pa 

 which frequently attend upon that Difofder. 



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Sharp-pointed Dock. 

 LAPATHUM POLIO ACUTO. 



Common Plant, like the ordinary Dock but 



fom^what handfomer, and diftinguilhed by 



Figure ol ks Leaves, which are Iharp-pointed, 



obtufe as in that, and are alfo fomewhat nar- 



and longer. The Plant srrows three Foot 



high. The Stalks are ereft, green, round, flri 



ated and branched. The Leaves are of a fine 



Green, fm^ooth, neither crumpled on the Surface, 



the Edp;es, and have large Rib 



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The Flowers are fmall, at firft greeniOi, then paler, 

 and laftly, they dry and become brown. The 

 Root IS long, thick, and of a lawny Colour. 

 . 1 he Root is the Part ufed. It is txc^ilmt a- 

 ^ainft the Scurvy, and is o^t oi t\i& bcH: Things 

 we know, forwhac is called fweetenlno; the "Blood,. 



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