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iSo TJjc Ufeful Family HerhaL 



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in curing them, has received the Narrie of Honc- 



v/ort, that is Hone Herb. 



The Root IS long and white, thefe rife from ic 

 early in- the Spring, half a dozen or more Leaves 

 which lie fpread upon the Ground, in an elegant 

 Manner, and are all that is generally obferved of 

 the Plant. ' The Stalks dxD not rife till the End 

 of Summer, and thefe Leaves decay by that time, 

 fo that they are not known to belong ta it. Thefe 

 Leaves are eight Inches long, and an Inch and a 

 half in Breadth : They are compofed each of a 

 double Row of fmaller Leaves, fet on a common 

 Rib, with an odd Leaf at the End j thefe arc 

 oblong, tolerably broad, and indented In a beau- 

 tiful Manner. They are of a frefh green Colour, 

 they are the Part of the Plant moft feen, and the 

 Part to be ufed, and they are not eafily confound- ■ 

 ed with thofe of any other Plant, for there is 

 fcarce any that has what are nearly fo handfome. 

 The Stalk is two- Feet high, round, hollow, up- 

 right, but not very firm and branched toward 

 the Top. The Leaves on it are fomewhat like 

 thofe from the Root, but they have not the Sin- 

 gularity of thole beautifiil and . numerous fmall 

 ones ; the Flowers are little and white, and the 

 Seeds are fmall, Rattini, flriatcd, and two of them 

 follow every Flower. ■ 



The Leaves are to be ufed,- they are to be frelh 

 gathered and beat in a marble Mortar into a kind 



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of Pafte. They are to be laid on a Swelling that is 

 red, painful, arid threatens to have badConfequen- 

 -ces, and they difperfe it. The Application niuft 

 be frequently renewed, and there are thofe who 



fpeak of its curing, the EviL 



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