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Colour, and placed irregularly ; tlie Flowers are 

 fmall and white : When they are fallen off, the 

 Cups remain, and contain thefe fhining, and as 



re ftony Seeds. The Plant 15 frequent about 



Hedg 



The Seeds are the only Part ufed ; they work 

 powerfully by Urine, and are of great Service in 

 the Gravel and all other Obftrudlions, they are 

 beft given in Powder, with a ^reat deal of Barley 

 Water at the'^fame Time. 



G R O U N D-P I N E. 



CHAM^PITYS. 



A Very lingular little wild Plant, of a moffy Ap- 

 pearance, and refinous Smell : It grows four 

 Inches high, the Stalks are hairy, and feldom 

 iland upright, the Leaves are very clofe {^t, 

 and the young Shoots which grow from their 

 Bofoms perfe(5lly pbfcure the Stalk •, it feems a 

 thick round Tuft. Thefe Leaves are (hort, nar- 

 row, and divided into three Parts at their Ends, 

 ^nd they ft and two at every Joint of the Stalk, 

 they are rough and hairy like the Stalk. The 

 Flowers are little and yellow, and they ftand at 



the Joints. 



The whole Plant is ufed, and it has great Vir- 

 tue i it is to be ufed dry in Powder or Infufion. 

 It works ftrongly by Urine, and promotes the 

 Menfes. It opens aifo all Obftrudions of the 

 Liver and Spleen, and is good in Jaundice, the 

 ^heumatifrp, and moll of the chronic Diforders. "* 



Groijkdsii;, 



