The Ufeful Family HerhaL 271 



Leaves are numerous, they are divided each into 

 a Multitude of fine Segments, fo that at a Di£- 

 tance, they fomewhat refemble the Leaves of 

 Yarrow, but they are whitifh. The Flowers 

 are large and yellow, they fomewhat refemble a 

 Marigold in Form, and they Hand at the Tops 

 of the Branches. 



The frelh Herb is ufed, they boil it in Ale, and 



give it as a Remedy for the Jaundice, it works by 

 Urine. 



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RICINUS, 



A Foreign Plant, kept in our Gardens more for 

 ^^ its Beauty, than Ufe. The Stem is thick,, 

 and looks woody toward the Bottom. It grows 

 fix Feet high, and on the upper Part, is covered 

 with a fort of mealy Powder, of a bluifli Colour. 

 The Leaves are large, and very beautiful. They 

 are fomewhat like thofe of the Vine, but they arc 

 divided deeply into feven or more Parts, which 

 are alfo Iharply ferrated at the Edges, and they 

 ftand upon long Foot Stalks, which are not in- 

 fertcd at the Edge, but in the middle of the Lea£ 

 The Flowers are fmall : They grow in Bunches 

 toward the Top of the Plant- The Seeds grow 

 iipon the Trunk of the Plant in different Places : 

 Three are contained in Hufks, and they hav^ 

 over them feverally a hard Shell. 



The Kernels of thefe Seeds are the Part ufe'd, 

 but they are very little regarded at prefent. There 

 ufed to be three or four Kinds of them kept by 

 rfie Druggifts, under different Names, but no 



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