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lie Ufeful Family Herbal 1 5 g 



!ong, and of a ftrong Green. The Stalk is rounc!, 

 fmooth, and firm, upright, and of a pale white- 

 iili or bluiih Colour. The Flowers are white and 

 fmall, but they grow in a large Tuft at the Top 

 of the Stalk. The Root is white, or a little 

 rcdifli i it is compofed of a great Number of 

 Bulbs, or as we call them, Cloves, joined toge> 

 ther, and covered with a common Skin, and with 

 Fibres at the Bottom. The whole Plant has an 

 extremely ftrong Smell, and an acrid and pungent 



Tafle. ^ 



The Root is to be boiled in Water, and the 



Deco^lion made into Syrup with Honey -, this is 

 excellent in Afthmas, Hoarfenefs, and Coughs, and 

 in all Difficulties of Breathing. 



Gentian. 



G E N T I A N A. 



Robu{l and handfome Plant, Native of 



and kep 



It grows 



two Feet and a half high. The Leaves that rife 

 from the Root, are oblong, broad, of a yeilowifh 

 green Colour, and pointed at the Ends. The 

 Stalk is thick, firm, upright, and brqwnilh or 

 yeilowifh. At ever}' Joint there {iiand two Leaves 

 like the others, only fmaller ; and towards the 

 Tops at every Joint, al fo, there ftand a Number 

 of Flowers : Thefe are fmall, yeliow% with a 

 great Lump in the Middle, which is the Rudi- 

 ment of 'the Seed Veffel, and a great Qiiantity of 

 yellow Threads about it. The Root is large, 

 long, and often divided. It is of a brownifli 

 Jour on the Outfide, and yellow vathin, and is of 

 a very bitter Tafte. 



The Root is ufed ; our Druggifts keep it drf : 



It is the great Bitter and Stomachic of the mo- 

 dern 



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