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Hogs F te n n e l. 

 PEUCEDANUM. 



p^ Wild Plant v/ith divided Leaves, and TJ 



bels of yellow Flowers, and thence bearin^ 

 remote Refemb!ance of Fennel. It grows two 

 Feet high ; the Stalk is round, ftriated, hollov/, 

 uprisht, and branched. The Leaves are like thofe 

 ofFennel, but the Divifions are much broader, 

 and they run in threes. The Flowers are Htde and 

 ■yellow, but the Clufters of them are large, and 

 the Seed is oblong and flat. At the Top of the 

 Root, there is always found a l\ift of hairy Mat- 

 ter. Thi^ is made up of the Fibres of decayed 

 Leaves, but it has a fm^ular Appearance. The 

 Rwt is large, long, and brown, and this is the Part 

 ufed as a Medicine. It is to be boiled in Water, 

 and the Decodlion drank Night and Morning ; it 

 diflblves tough Phlegm, and helps afthmanc Peo- 

 ple i It alfo works by Urine, and promotes the 

 Menfes, and is good in all Obilru(5lions. 



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FoENUGREEK. 



FCENUM GR^CUM. 



Plant of , the TrefoiUk'ind, but fingular in its 

 Manner of Growth, cultivated m Fields in 

 many Places for the Sake of the Seed. It is^ emol- 

 lient. It grows a Foot and half high ; the Stalks 

 are round, filiated, and branched. The Leaves 

 are fnortand broad . They ftand thre^uDon every 



.^' Vl'^^^f '°^"i^" "^^'^^^^^^ ^'^^ are indented 



L..all, and tney refemole a Pea BlolTom • the 



Pods are Eat, and in them i" mrf^^n.^ TT ' • 

 ^^ ..^'Ar. c , r Lucm lo contameda Quantity 



or ye^iow Seeds of an irregular Figure, a>d difa- 

 grecabie Smeil. o > ** 



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