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250 Hjc Ufeful Family HerhaL 



compofed as it were of feveral Pairs of fmalJ ones, 

 or rather is a whole and fingle Leaf divided deeply, 

 fb as to refemble a Number of fmallerj thefe are 

 rounded and hollowed, and thence came its Name 

 of Mooawort ; from the Bafe of this Leaf, the 

 the Stalk is continued up an Inch or two, and 

 then rife the Clufters of t lowers and Seeds, thefe 

 are very fmall, and like Dull, and of a brown 

 Colour. The Leaves of Moonwort dried and 

 given in Powder, flop Purgings, and the Over- 

 flowir\gs of the Mcnfes. The frelk Plant bruifed 

 and laid to a Cut, (lops the Bleeding, and heals 

 it in a Day or two- 



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Hairy Tree Moss. 



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A Very fingular Plant, of the Mofs Kind, fre^ 

 quent in our large Forefls, but rare elfewhere 

 it grows to the Branches of old Oaks and Bulhes, 

 and haners down from them in lona Strings. The 

 Tufts of it are often a Foot long, and in the 

 whole two ot three Inches thick, they are com- 

 pofed of a great Quantity of Stalks and Branches, 

 the largeft not bigger than a large Packthreadj 

 theie are of a grey Colour, and are compofed of 

 a foft Bark, and a firm white Fibre within, this 

 Bark is often cracked, and the Branches appear 

 Jointed, the fmall Fibres of the Plant refemble 

 Hairs : On the larger grow at^certain Seafons, little 

 hollow brown Bodies. Thefe contain the Seeds, 

 but they are too minute to be diftinguilhed fmgly. 

 The whole Plant is dry, and faplefs as it grows, 



and has not the leafl Appearance of Leaves upon 



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