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Leaves are little, oblong, broad, and obtiife, ar 

 they fland two at each Joint. The Flowers a 

 fmall and white, and the whole Plant has ve 

 much the Afped of fome Kind of Chickwccd, 

 but the Seed Vefiel being examined, it appears t<. 

 be altogether of the Plax Kind. The Root 



fmall and thready. 



• This little Plant is a ftrong but fafc Purge, the 

 Country People boil it in Ale, and cure them- 

 felves of Rheumatic Pains, and a great many 

 other obftinate Difoi'ders by it. They talk of il 

 as a Remedy for Dropfics. Doubtlefs it is ufefu 

 in all Cafes wher^e a ftrong and brifk Purgative i; 

 required. 



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A Pretty wild Plant frequent about damp. Places, 

 with whitifh Leaves and la^ge yellow Flower? 

 in Autum.n. It is two Feet high". The Stalk is 

 round and erect, very firm and ilrong, and is of- 

 ten of a rediHi Colour. Ihe Leaves are nume- 

 rous, and ftand irregularly ; they are above an 

 Inch long, moderately broad, of a rough Sur- 

 face, and whitifli Green. The Flowers ftand at 

 die Top of tlie Branches ; they are broader than 

 a Shilling, yellow, and compofed bf many nar- 

 row Petals. The \^hole Plant has a difagreeable 



Smell. 



■ It is difputed whether this Kind of Fleabane, 

 or another which is fmaller, and has globous 

 Flowers, have the greater Virtue, but mofl give 

 it for this. The Juice of the whole Plant cures- 

 the Itch, applied externally •, and the very Smell ' 

 Jtrf" the Herb is faid to deftroy Fleas. 



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