Tie Ufeful Fa?nily Herbal, 239 



Meadow Sweet. 



U L M A R I A. 



Wild Plant, frequent about the Sides of Ri- 

 vers, with divided Leaves, and beautiful 

 Tufts of white Flowers. It is four Feet high. 

 The Stalk is round, llriated, upright, linn, and 

 of a pale Green, or fometimes of a purple Co- 

 lour The Leaves are each compofeid of about 

 three Pair of fmaller, fet on a thick Rib, with an 

 odd Leaf at the End : They are of a fine Green 

 on the upper Side, and whitifti vmderncath, and 

 they are rough to the Touch. The Flowers are 

 fmall and white, but they fland fo clofe, that the 

 whole Clufter looks like one laro;e Flower. The 

 Seeds are fet in a twilled Order. 



An Infufion of the frefh Tops of Meadow 

 Sweet, is an excellent Sweat, and it is a little 

 Aflringent. It is a good Medicine in Fevers, at- 

 tended with Purgings. It is to be given a Bafbn 



once in two Hours. 



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The Mechoacan Plant. 



MECHOACANA. ' . 



Climbing Plant, Native of the Weft- Indies: 

 It is capable of running to a great Height, 

 •when it can be fupported : It will climb to the 

 Tops of tail Trees. The Stalks are angulated, 

 (lender, green, and brittle; and when broken, 

 they yield a vaft Quantity of an acrid, milky 

 Juice. The Leaves fland fingly : They are broad, 

 and not very long, and of a beautiful Shape, ter- 

 minating in a Point. The Flowers are large, and 

 of the Shape of a Bell : They are of a deep 



Purple on thelnfide, and of a pale Red without; 



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