J 5 7?^ Ufejul pamily Her bah 



F L E A w O R T. 



PSYLLIUM. 



^ f^ N Herb of no great Beauty, Native of France^ 



but kept in Gardens here. It has narrow 

 Leaves, and inconfiderable Flowers. It is a Foot 

 high. The Stalks are weak, greenifhj and a Httle 

 hairy. .The Leaves ftand two or more at every 

 Joint, for that is uncertain ; they are long, very 

 narrow, and alfo fomev/hat hairy : There rife 

 from the Bofoms of thefe Leaves, long naked 

 Stalks, on which ftand a Kind of Spikes of little 

 Flowers, fomewhat like the Spikes of f lantain, 

 only fhorter ; two Seeds fucf eed each Flower, and 

 they are fmooth, blackifh, and of the Shape of 

 Fleasj whence the Name, There are many Flow- 

 lers in each Head. A Mucilage is made of the 

 Seeds to cool the Throat in Fevers. 



FlixWeed. 



SOPHIA CHIRURGORUM. 



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Pretty wild Plant, about our wafle Places 

 and Farm Yards, confpicuous for its Leares, 

 "if not much fo for its Flovrer. It grows two Feet 

 high ; and the Stalk is round, creft, very firm, 

 and ftrong, and not much branched, The Leaves 

 are moderately large, and moft beautifully divid- 

 ed into numerous fmall Segments, long and nar- 

 row, they fland irregularly upon the Stalks. The 

 Flowers are fmall and yellow, they ftand in a kin4 

 of Spikes at the Tops of the Stalks. They are 

 followed by Ihort Pods. The whole Plant is of a 

 dark Green. 



The Seeds are the Part iifed : They are to be 

 £Qlle6led when juft ripe, and bojled whole. The 



Decodion 





