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the End, where they are divided into three round- 

 ed Parts. The Flowers are very fmall : They 

 grov/ in Cluflers at the Joints, and are of a green- 

 ilh Colour. The Seed is fmall and round. Th^ 

 JRoot is fibrous. 



The whole Plant is ufed j and it is bed frefh.' 

 An Infulion of it is very powerful againft the 

 gravel. It operates violently, but fafely, by: 

 Urine, and it opens Obftruftions of the Liver j 

 "whence it is good alfo in the Jaundice. There is 

 an Opinion in many Places, of its having a Power 

 of dilTolving the Stone in the Bladder, but this is 

 idle : There is, however, a great deal of good to 

 be done in nephritic Cafes, by Medicines which 

 have not this Poweir. .' ' 



MajCedonian Parsly. 

 PETROSELINUM MACEDONIQUM. 



A 



Plant kept in fome of our Gardens. It is 

 two Feet high. The Stalk is (lender, branch- 

 td, and hairy. The Leaves are compofed of 

 many Parts, and thofe are imall and tounded : 

 Thofe on the upper Part of the Stalk, are more 

 finely divided. The Flowers are fmall and white 

 like thofe of common Pairfly i and they (land likc- 

 them, in Clufters on the Tops of the Stalks* 

 The Seeds jire fmall, foniewbat hoary, and pf a 



dulky Colour. 



The Seed is ufed; and it it beft given in Pow- 

 der. It operates powerfully by Urine, and it ia' 

 good againft Stoppages of the Menfes, and in the 

 Gravel and Cholics, arifmg from that Caufe. It. 

 is. aho recommended againft the Dropfy and Jaua* 



dice* 



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