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more than perhaps, by any other whatfoever 



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but thev never diflblved 



a large and hard Stone. Indeed there needs no 

 more to be afTured of this, than to examine one or 

 thofe Stones -, it will not be fuppofed, any Thing 

 that the Bladder can bear, will be able to diffolve 

 fo firm and folid a Subflance. 



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P A R S L Y. 



PETROSELINUM. 



Very common Plant in our Gardens, iifeful 

 in the Kitchen, and in Medicine. It grows 

 to two Feet in Height. The Leaves are com- 

 pofed of many fmall Parts : They are divided 

 into three, and then into a Multitude of Sub-di- 

 vifions : They are of a bright Green, and in- 

 dented. The Stalks are round, angulated, or 

 deeply ftriated, ^ flender, upright, and branched. 

 The Flowers are fmall and white-, and they 

 Hand in large Tufts at the Tops of the Branches. 

 The Seeds are roundifh and ftriated. The Root 



is long and white. 



The Roots are the Part ufed in Medicine. A 

 flrong Deco6tion of them is good againft the 

 Jaundice. It operates pov/erfully by Urine, and 

 opens Obllrudtions. 



Parsly Piert. 

 PERCICIER. 



A Little wild Plant, common among our Cornr 

 •^ and in odier dry Places, with fmall pale 

 Leaves, and hairy drooping Stalks. It does not 

 grow to more than three or four Inches in Length, 

 and feldom ftands well upright. The Stalks are 

 round and whitifh. The Leaves Hand irregular- 

 ly : They are narrow at the Bafe, and broad at 



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