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L O V A G B. 



LEVISTICUM. 



A Tall Plant of the umbelliferous kind, kept in 

 •^^ our Gardens for its Ule in Medicine. The 

 Stalk is round, thick, hollow, and deeply ftri- 

 ated or channelled. The Leaves are very _ large; 

 and they are each compofed of a Number of 

 fmaller ; thefe are fet on a divided Stalk, and are 

 ihort, broad, and indented at the Edges. The 

 Flowers are fmall and yellow, the Seed is flrlated, 

 the Root is brown, thick, and divided, and the 

 Fibres from it are numerous ; it is' of a hot 

 aromatic Tafte. 



The Roots frelh dug work by Urine, and are 

 good againfl: the Jaundice. The Seeds have 

 the fame Effe6l alfo, and they difpel Wihd, The 



dried Root is a Sudorific, and is e;66d in Fevers. 



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Tree Lungwort. 



MUSCUS PULMONARIUS. 



Broad and large Kind of Mofs, in Form 

 fomewhat refembhng the green and grey 

 Liverwort, but bigger than either. It gfows on 

 the Barks of old Oaks, and Beech Trees, but is 

 not common. It is principally found in large 

 Woods. ■ Each Leaf, or feparate Plant, is eight 

 or ten Inches long, and nearly as much in Breadth, 

 of a yeilowifli Colour, and of a Subftance refem- 

 bling Leather: It is divided deeply at the Ed_ 

 and is rough, and full of high Veins on the Sur- 

 face. At the Seafon of flowering there alfo ao- 



certain fmall red Heads, which contain 

 is for a new Succeflion of Plants. 



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This Plant is not fo much known as it deferves 

 to be. It is an excellent Aftringent, a (Irong 



. Decoftion 



