%^6 Tie Ufeful Famtiy HerhaL 



it floats upon the Water, but it is as diilina: as 

 any Thing can be, when we regard the Flower. 

 Duckweed has round Leaves, and floats upon the 

 Water, and it might be called Water Lily 

 for that Reafon, if that were fufficient. The 

 Leaves are of a roundilh Figure, and a dufky 

 dark green Colour : They are of the Breadth of 

 a Crown Piece, and they rife many together in 

 Tufts, from the fame Part of the Stalk. This 

 Stalk runs along at a little Diftance under the Sur- 

 face of the Water, and from it defcend the Roots, 

 but they do not reach do\^^ into the Mud, but 

 play loofe like the Fibres of Duckweed in the 

 Water. The Flowers Hand fingly upon flender 



they are white, and compofed of 



Stalks 



App 



Leaves a Piece, which give them a fmg 



The frefh Leaves are ufed in outward AppI 



and are very 



Fumitory. 



•UMARIA 



A 



Pretty wila Plant, with bluilh divided Leaves, 

 and Spike; of little purple Flowers, common 

 m our Corn Fields in Jme and July. It m-ows 

 ten Inches high. ■ The Stalk is round, flriatecf, of a 

 pale Green, thick enough, but not very firm or per- 

 "i^^lY ereft. The Leaves are large, but they are 

 divided into a vaft Number of little Parts, which 

 are blunt and rounded at the Ends ; their Colour 

 IS a famt Green. The Flowers are fmall and 

 purple : They have a Heel behind, and a Num- 

 ber ot them (land together in a kind of Spike. 

 1 he whole Plant has little Tafte. ■ ^ ' 



The Juice expreffed from this Plant, is excel- 



ft the 



It opens Obilrud 



the 



