37^ T^e Vfeftd Family HerhaL 



Pei^xitory of the Wall. 



f>XRIETARIA. 



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, A Wild Plant frequent on old Walls, ^with weak 

 "'*• Branches, and pale green Leaves, It grows 

 a Foot high, but feldom altogether erefl. The 

 Stalks are round, tender, a little hairy, jointed, 

 and often purplifh. The Leaves Hand irregular- 

 ly on them, and are an Inch long, broad in the 

 Middle, and fmaller at each End. The Flowers 

 Hand clofe upon the Stalks, and are fmall and in- 

 confiderable, of a whitiin green Colour when open, 

 'but rediih in the Bud. 



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The whole Plant is ufed, and it Js berf frelh. 

 "An Infufion of it works v/ell by Urine. It is ve- 

 Xy ferviceable in the Jaundice, and is often found 

 a prefent Remedy in Fits of the Gravel, the Infu- 

 lion being taken largely. 



Pellitory of Spain. 



pyrethr'um. 



A Very pretty little Plant kept in our Gardens- 



'•^^ It is eight Inches high. The Stalk is round 



and thick. The Leaves are very finely divided, 



fo that they referable thofe of the Camomile, but 



they are of a pale Green, thick, and flcfhy, and 



the Stalk is purple. The Flowers fland at thb 



Tops of the Branches, and are very pretty : 



They are of the Shape and Size of the Great 



Daify or Cx-Eye, white *at the Edges, yellow in 



the Middle, and red on the Back or Underfide. 



The Root is long, and fomewhat thick, of a verv 

 hot Tafte. 



The Root is ufed: We have it at the Druggifls. 

 Its great Acridnefs fills the Mouth with Rheum on 



chewing, and it is good againft the Tooth -ach. 



It 



