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276 The Ufeful Family Herhal, 



WiIdParsnep. 



PASTINACA SYLVESTRIS. 



A Wild Plant, common about our Road Sides, 

 •^^ It is three Feet high. The Stalk is flrait, 

 upright, round, ftriated, and yellowifh. The 

 Leaves are compofed of many broad Divifions, 

 and refemble thofe of the Garden Parfnep, but 

 they are fmaller. The Flowers are little and yel- 

 low : They grow at the Tops of the Stalks,' 

 in large rounded Tufts, and the Seeds are fiat, 

 and of an oval Figure. The Root is long, 

 white, and well tailed. 



The Root is to be ufed. A ftrong Decoftion 

 of it, works by Urine, and opens all Obfti-ufti- 

 ons. It is good againft the Gravel and the jaun- 

 dice, and will bring down the Menfes. 



The Pavana Shrub. 



P A V A N A. 



A Shrubby Plant of the Eajl- Indies, of a beau- 

 -^ tiful, as well as fingiilar Afped, It is fix or 

 feven ¥cQt high. The Stem Is woody, firm, and 

 naked almoft to the Top. The Leaves grow up- 

 on long Foot Stalks, and they all rife nearly toge- 

 ther, at the upper Part of the Stem : They are 

 large, of a rounded Figure, and divided at the 

 Edges pretty deeply, into feveral Parts: Their 

 Colour is a deep Green. The Flowers are fmall, 

 and of a greenilh Colour. The Fruit is of the 

 Bignefs of a Hazle Nut. The Wood is not very 

 firm, and when cut, yields a milky Juice, of a 



Tsry tiifagreeable Smell, 



The Wood and the Seeds are ufed ; and they 

 have both the fame violent Operation, by Vomit 



and Stool ; but the Wcod given in Infufion, and 



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