7&" Vfeful Family Her hat, 199 



K. 



Kidney-wort. 



UMBILICUS VENERIS. 



Very fingular Plant, which grows on old 

 Walls in fome Parts of England. It is eight; 

 Inches high, and is diftinguifhed at Sight, by^ a 

 Clufler of round Leaves which grow about tae 

 Stalk. The Root is roundifh, and its Fibres 

 row from the Bottom, The Leaves ftand on 

 Dngilh and thick Foot Stalks, which are, except 

 1 the loweft of all, inferted not at the Edges of 

 the Leaf, but in the Middle : Thefe are round, 

 thick, fleflay, and indented about the Edges. 

 The Stalk which bears the Flowers, is round, 

 thick, and towards the Top, divided into two or 



thefe 



m a. 



Kind of Spikes: They are oblong, hollowifli, 

 and of a sreenifh white Colo 



The Leaves are the Part ufed. Externally, 

 they are cooling, and good againft Pains. They 

 are applied bruifed to the Piles, with great Sue- 

 cefs. The Juice of them taken inwardly, ope- 

 rates by Urine, and is excellent againft Strangu- 

 ries, and good in the Gravel, and Inflammations 

 of the Liver and Spleen. 



Kn A P-W E E D. 



J A c E a: 



A 



dark 



fli Leaves, and p 



like 



thofe of Thiftks. It is two Feet high. The 

 Stalks are roundiih, but ribbed: They are of a 



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