The. Ufeful Family HerhaL 165 



GoldenRod. 



VIRGA AUREA. 



A Very pretty wild Plant, with Tufts of yellow 

 Flowers, frequent on our Heaths in Au- 

 tumn. It is two Feet hi^h. The Stalk is firm. 



ere(5l, round, and hairy. The Leaves arc 

 long, broadeft in the Middle, indented at the 

 Edges, rough on the Surface, hairy, and of a 

 ftrong green Colour. The Flowers are fmall, 

 and of a bright Yellow, but they grow together 

 in a fort of thick and fhort Spikes, fo that they 

 are very confplcuous. The Root is long,'brown> 

 and of an auftere Talle, as is alfo the whole 



Plant. ^* 



. The Root taken up. in Spring and dried, is an 

 xcellent Medicine given in Powder for Purgings, 

 and for Overflowing of the Menfes, bloody Stools, 

 or any other HemorrhagCwhatfoever. The whole 

 Plant has been at all Times famous, as a vulne- 

 rary or wound Herb, given in Deco6lions. 



Gold of Pleasure.- 



MYAGRUM. 



A Very pretty Plant common in many Parts of 





England^ and known at Sight by the vaft 

 Quantity of Seed Veffels. It is two Feet high : 

 The Stalk is round, thick, firm, upright, and 

 toward the Top has a great many Branches, all 

 ftanding upright. The Leaves ftand irregularly, 

 and are not numerous, they are long, not very 

 broad, and of a pale Green ; they are indented a- 

 ' bout the Edges, and furround the Stalk at the 

 JBafe, the Flowers are little and wh'ite^ the Seed 



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Veflels 



