TJje Ufeful Family Herbal, i S 5 



Great Housleek. 



SEDUM MA JUS. 



Plant fufficiently known as well by its parti 



Manner of crowlne;, as for itsJPlace of 



Growth. It forms itfelf into C^iflers of a round- 

 Ifh Figure, thefe are compofed of Leaves, which 

 are largcft toward the Bottom, and fmalleft at 

 the End •, they are very thick and juicy, broad 

 at the Bafe, Iharp at the Point, fiat on the upper 

 Side, a little rounded on the under, and fome- 

 what hairy at their Edges, The Stalk grows to 

 ten Inches high, it is very thick, round, and juicy, 

 UDricrht, of a redifli Colour, and divided at the 



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Top into a few Branches. The Leaves on it arc 

 thin and narrow. The Flowers are numerous, 

 they are red and have a green Head in their Mid- 

 dle, which afterwards becomes a Ciufter ofSeed- 



VelTels. 



The Leaves are the Part ufed ; they are applied 



externally in Inflammations, and are very ufeful, 



when cooling Things may be employed. The 



Tuice is alfp cooHng and aftringent taken in- 



ardly, but it is rarely ufed. Some praife it 

 greatly for' the Inflammations of the Eyes. 



" There is another kind of Houfleek, very un- 

 like this in Form, but of the fame Virtues, this 

 is called the lefif r HouHeek, the Stalks are round, 

 fmall, and redilh, and grow fix Inches high •, the 

 Leaves are long and rounded, not fiat as others 

 Leaves ; and the Flowers are white, and {land in 

 a kind of Tufts, like Umbels at the Tops of the 

 Stalks. This grows on old Walls, and the Top§ 

 of Houfes like the other. 



The 



