148' Tide Ufeful Family Herbal 



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or baftard Acorus ; they are not at all like them 

 in Shape, Colour, or Qualities j they are of ar edifli 

 Brown, have no Smell, and arc of an auflere Tafte, 

 they are an excellent Aftrirgent. They fhquld be 

 taken up in Spring and dried, and afterwards 

 given in Powder. They flop Fluxes and Over- 

 flowings of the Menfes. 



LAX. 



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pretty as well as a veiy tifeful Plant, cuf- ' 

 ^d for the Sake of its Seeds, as well as its' 

 Stalks. It is thre'e Feet high, th-e Stalk is"round, 

 flender, firm, and upright. The Leaves are fmall, 

 bblong, and narrow, and they ftand irregularly, 

 but in great Numbers on it. Toward the Top the 

 Stalk divides into three or four ihort Branches ; 

 and on thefe fland the Flowers, they are large and 

 of a beautiful Blue. Each of thefe is fucceeded 



by a roundifli Seed Vcliel -, in which are a Num- 

 bci' of Seeds. 



This Seed is what is called Linfeed. A Tea 

 made of it is excellent in Coughs and Diforders of 

 the Breaft and Lungs, a.nd the Seed bruifed is 

 dfo good in Cataplafms and Fomentations for 

 Swellings. The Oil drawn from it given in Pleu- " 



alfo excellent in the Gravel and 



and 



A 



PuRG INC Flax. 



LINUM CUTHARTICUM. 



Pretty little Plerb that grows abundantly In 



our hilly Pafturcs, in Parks and Warrens. 



It is eight Inches high. Tlic Stalk is round, firm, 

 and at the Top divided into fmall Branches. The 



Leaves 



