rle Ufeful Family Herbal - 2 4 3 



confiderable, and the Seeds fmall, hard, and 



white. 



The Seeds are ufed rometlmes in the rhanner of 



Barley, to make a Drink, which is good in Fe- 

 vers, and againft Heat of Urine; it is alfo a 

 little Aftringent. The Grain is eaten alfo as 



Barley 



Milkwort. 



POLYGALA 



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A Common little Plant upon our Heaths, and 

 in dry Pa!ftures, with numerous Leaves and 



bi 



(for this is a Variety and 



caufed by Accidents) difpofcd in loofe Spikes 

 The Root is long, and divided into feveral Parts, 

 the Stalks are very nurnerous, and very much 

 branched, thev are (lender and weak, and they 



themfelves upon the Ground, forming a 



little green Tuft. There is great Var 

 Appearance of the Plant, befide what has been 

 already narfied in the Colour of the Flower; nor 

 is that indeed the only Variation there : So that 

 it has been divided into two or three Kinds by 

 fome Writers, but as all thefe will rife from the 

 fame Seed, and only are owing to the Soil 

 and Expofure, the Plant is without Doubt the 



fame 



Appearance, and its Virtues are thd 



taken. When lE 



grows in barren Places, the Stalks are not more 

 than three or four Inches in Length, and the 

 Leaves are very numerous, fhort, and of an oval 

 Figure. The Flowers are in this Cafe fmall and 

 blue, fometimes whitifh, flriated with blue, and 

 fometimes intirely white. When the Plant grows 

 in a foiTiewhat more favourable Soil, the 

 are oblong, and narrow, pointed at the Ends, and 

 of a beautiful Green, the Stalks urc five or fix 



R 2 Inches 



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