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ance from all the reft of the Plant, that they are 

 called Flowers. The Root is long and covered 

 with Fibres. The Plant grows in boggy Places, 

 but it is not very common wild in England. 



A Deco6lion of the frefh Roots promotes Urine, 

 and opens Obftruclions of the Liver and Spleen, 

 it is not much ufed, but I have known a Jaun- 



dice cured by it, taken in the Beginning, 



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Feverfew. 



MATRICARIA. 



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Common wild Plant, with divided Leaves, 

 and a Multitude of fmall Flowers like Daifies -, 

 it grows about Farmers Yards. The Stalk is 



round, hollow, upright, branched, and ftriated, 

 and grows two Feet high. The Leaves are large, 

 divided into many fmall ones, and thofe roundifli 

 and indented ; - they are of a y^Uowifh green Co- 

 lour, and particular Smell. The Flowers ftand 

 about the Tops of the Stalks, they are fmall, 

 white round the Edges, and yellowilh in the Mid- 

 dle. The"Root is white, Uttle, and inconfiderable. 

 The whole Plant is to be ufed, it is beft frefh, 

 but it preferves fome Virtue dried j it is to be 

 given in Tea, and it is excellent againft Hyfteric 

 Diforders ; it promotes the Menfes. 





The FiG-THEE. 



FICUS. 



Shrub fufficiently known in our Gardens. 

 The Trunk is thick, but irregular, and the 

 Branches, which are very numerous, grow without 

 any fort of Order. The Leaves are very large, 

 and of a deep blackilh Green, broad, divided deep- 

 ly at the Edges, and full of a milky Juice. The 



Flowers are contained within the Fruit. The 



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