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the Nettle are yellowifh, little, and inconfiderabic, 

 the Seeds are fmall, and round, the Root is long 

 and creeping. 



The Juice of the Nettle is good againft Over- 

 rowings of the Menfes. The Root is to be given 

 in Infufion, and it works powerfully by Urine, 

 and is excellent againft the Jaundice. 



The R O M A N N E T T L E. 



URTICA ROMANA. 



jf^ Wild Plant of the Nettle Kind, but not com- 

 mon. It is two Feet high, the Stalks are 

 round, and of a deep green Colour. The Leaves 

 are large, and of a deep green alfo ; broad at 

 the Bale, narrow to the Point, and deeply ferrated. 

 The Flowers are fmall, and inconfiderable, the 

 Fruit is a round ball, as big as a large Pea, it 

 flands on a long Foot-Stalk, and is of a deep 

 green Colour, and full of fmall brown Seeds. 

 All the Plant is covered with the fame Sort of 

 Prickles as the common Nettle, but they are 

 fhorter and finer, they are filvery white at the 

 Tips, and have the fame Bag of Liquor at the 

 Bafe, and they fting very terribly j more a great 

 deal than the common Nettle. 



The Seeds are the Part ufed, they are good a- 

 gainft Coughs, Shortnefs of Breath, and Hoarfe- 

 nelTes, the Seeds of the Common Nettle are com- 

 mended for this Purpofe, but thefe are greatly 

 preferable. The beft Way of giving them is in 

 the Manner of Tea, fweetened with Honey. 



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