252 The Ufeful Family Herhal 



Coughs : It is recommedcd particularly In tliat 

 called the Chincough. 



J. 



Com Alt ON Ground Moss. 



MUSCUS TERRESTRIS VUL- 

 GARIS. 



A Pretty but very fmall Plant. It creeps oii 

 '^^ the Ground, or rifes in Tufts two or three 

 Inches high, according to the Place. The Stalks 

 very {lender, but thev are thick covered with 



are 



leaves, and their Branches are dilpofed in fuch a 

 Manner, that they in fome Degree refemble Fern. 

 The Leaves are very final!, of a triangular Shape, 

 and of a bright Green ; they (land loofely on the 

 lo^^-er Part of the Stalks, but on the upper, they 

 lie clofe and cover them. It very rarely produ- 

 ces its Seeds ; but when it does, there rife naked 

 and very flcnder Pedicles an Inch long from the 

 Bofbms of the Leaves, and at t!ht Top of each of 

 thefe, flands a little oblong Head, of a brownilli 

 red Colour, covered with a Cap like an Extin- 



guiflier in Shape, and full of a fine green Duft 



The whole Plant is ufed, it is to be dried and 

 powdered,, and is given with Succefs againftOver- 

 liowings of the Menfes, and all Bleedings, it i$ 

 alio good againfl the Whites, . 



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Moss OF AN Human Skull. 



MUSCUS EX CRANIO HUMANO. 



^ H E R E b not any particular Kind of Mofs 



that grows upon the human Skull, nor does 

 any Mofs by growing upon it acquire any parti- 

 cular Virtues, whatever fancyful People may have 

 imagined. In England^ we commonly ufe the 

 Mofs juil: delcribed, when it happens to run over 



an human Skull, that has been laid by Accident, 



or 



