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hairy, and generally of a redilh Colour. The 

 J^eaves ftand two at each Joint, and they are long 

 and narrow i of a dufky Green, and a little rough. 

 The Flowers ftand in very lonfg Spikes at the 

 Tops of the Stalks, cyid are large, and of a flrong 

 purple Colour. The Spikes are often a Foot or 

 pnorc in* Length. The Seed is very little and 

 brown. 



The Leaves are ufed. They are a Bne Balfam 

 for frefh Wounds, and an Ointment is to be 

 made of them boiled in Lard, which is alfo cooling 

 and deterfive, but it is not of a fine green Colour. 



Yellow Loosestrife. 

 LYSIMACHIA LUTEA. 



"Wild Plant not uncommon in our watciy 

 Places, but for its Beauty, very worthy a 



Place in our Gardens, If it were brought from 

 America^ it would be called one of the moft ele- 

 gant Plants in the World. It is four Feet high, 

 the Stalks are rigid, firm, upright, ^nd very re- ^ 

 gular in their Growth : A little hairy; and to- 

 ward the Tops divided into feveral Branches. The 

 Leaves are as long as ones Finger, and an Inch 

 and half broad in the Middle, and fmall at e^ch 

 End; they are a little hairy, and of a yeHowifh 

 Green. The Flowers are large and of a beautiful 

 Yellow, they grow feveral together on the Tops 

 of the Branches. The Seed- Veflels are full of 



fmall Seeds. 



The Root dried and given in Powder, is o;ood 



againfl: the ^Vhites, and againft Bloody Fluxes, 



Overflowings of the Menfes, and Purgings ; it is 

 aftringent and balfamic. The young Leaves bound 

 about a frefh Wound, flop the Bleeding, and per- 



^rm a Cure in a Ihort Time. 



X.AVAGE, 



