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22 2 The Ufefiil Family Herbal. 



Plac^ In England^ upon Walls and in very dry 

 Places, but with us it is not common. 



It is two Feet high, the Leaves ix^ I^tgC 

 and oblong, they* grow half a Dosen or therea^ 

 bout immediately from the Root, and have thick 

 Foot-Stalks, they are oblong, broad, of a deep 

 and often a purplifh Colour, and are extremely 

 hairy, the Hairs being long, white, and fet fo 

 thick, that they give it an Afpe6t of Wopllinefs. 

 The Stalk is round, flender, tolerably firm, upi 

 right, of a pu^lifli Colour, and alfo hairy: The 

 Leaves on it are fmaller than thofe from the Root, 

 but like them in Shape, and they are in the fame 

 Manner very hairy. The Flowers are not very 

 large, but they are of a beautiful Yellow, and 

 they have the more fingular Alpefl, as the Plant 

 has fo much Whitenefs. The Seeds are winged 



with a white Downj 



The young Leaves rifing from the Root, are 

 the Part ufed. They are of the fame Nature with 

 thofe of Coltsfoot, but they poffefs their Virtues 



in a much greater Degree, In many other Parts of 



Europe, where, the Plant is more common it is 



.-V« conftant Medicine in Difeafes of the Lungs, in 



Coughs, Afthmas, and the firfl: Stages of Con- 



fumptions : It is beft given in Form of a ftrong 



Infufion; and I have known it tried here with 



more Succefs than could be expe(f!:cd from io 



fimple a Remedy, in Cafes of fuch Confequence. 



It is fcarce wild, but it is eafily propagated in 



Gardens. Let but one Plant of it ripen its Seed5 



- and leave them to the Chance of the Winds, and 



. the Garden, the AValls, and neighbouring Places 



will never be v/ithout a. fufficient; Supply of it, 



for all Purpofes. 



M. 



