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162 ?2^ ^M^*'^ Family Herbal, 



vents or cures Cholics. It is alfo "an excellent 

 Addition to the rough Purges, to prevent their 

 griping in the Operation. 



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Gladwyn. 

 XYRIS SIVE SPATULA FCETIDA. 



Wild Plant of the Iris Kind, of no great 

 Beauty, but not without its Virtues. The 

 Root creeps about the Surface, like that of the 

 common Flower de Luce. The Leaves are a 

 Foot long, narrow, and fharp-pointed, and o^ a 

 ftrong and very peculiar Smell. The Stalks are 

 round, firm, upright, and of a bluifh Green. 

 The Flowers are hke thofe of the common Flower 

 de Luce, but fmaller, and of a very dull Colour. 

 There is a little Purple in the upper Part of the 

 Flower, and there are fome Veins and Streaks in 

 the lower j but the refl is of a dull dead Hue, 

 between grey and brown, and they have a faint 



and bad Smell. 



The Juice of the Root promotes Urine, and 

 theMertfes. The dried Root in Powder, or Infu- 

 fion is good againft all hyfteric Diforders, Paint- 



ings and Pains. Outwardly, the frefh Root is 



faid to be an excellent Remedy for 

 Sweliino:s -, but this we muft take upon T 



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Glass WORT. 



KALL 



Common wild Plant, on the Sea Coafb of 



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many Parts of Europe, but not a Native of 



It is called Cochleated Kali, from 

 the Form of its Seed Vefiels, which are twifted in 

 the Manner of a Snail's Shell. It grows to a 

 Foot and a half in Height. The Stalk is rounds 



thickj fiefhy, and brittle. The Leaves are few," 



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bur Country. 



