176 H^e Ufeful Family Herbal. 



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Plant has a ftrono; difagreeable Smell, and has 



O tD 



been called poifonous. 



The Roots are excellent in Pultices for hard 



Swellings. 



H E M P. 



CANNABIS. 



TJEmp is a tall Plant, of a coarfe Afpei^t, ctilti- 

 ^ *■ vated in Fields for its Stalk. It grows five 

 Feet high, and is a robuft Plant ; the Stalk is 

 thick and rigid; the Leaves are numerous, they 



are large and each compofed of fix or feven fmal- 

 ler, thefe are difpofed in the Manner of Fingers,. 



and are of a deep green Colour, rough, narrow, 



and ferrated at the Edges. The Flowers in Hemp 



grow in fome Plants, and the Seeds on others.. 



The Flowers are inconfiderable, and whitijfh, the 



Seeds are large,^ roundifh, grey, and have a white 



Pulp within. The Root is fibrous. The Seeds are 



ufed in Medicine, an Emulfion made of them 



cures the Jaundice. 





Hemp Agrimony. 

 EUPATORIUM CANNABINUM. 



/\ Tall Plant growing by Waters, with Tufts of 



red Flowers and Leaves, divided in the 



Manner of thofe of Hemp. It grows five Feet 



high, the Stalk is round, thick, redifh, and very 



upright. The Leaves are large, of a pale Green j 



and fingered •, they ftand two at each Joint, the 



Flowers grow in Bunches as big as a Man's Fift, 



on the Tops of the Branches, and are of a bright 

 Red. 



The Root frefli gathered and boiled in Ale is 

 ufed in fome Places as a Purge, it operates itrong- 



