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P O L E y M O U N T A I N. 



FOLIUM MONTANUM. 



A pretty Plant, Native of the warmer Parts of 

 r^~^ Europe and kept in cur Gardens. It is tea 

 Inches high. The Stalks are fqiiare and whitifh : 

 The Leaves are oblong and narrow, of a white 

 Colour, and woolly Surface, they Hand two at a 

 Joint, and they are indented at the Edges. The 

 Flowers are fmall and white. They grow in a 

 Kind of woolly Tufts at the Tops of the Branches. 

 The whole Plant is ufed, it is bell dried; given 

 in Infu/ion, it promotes the Menfes, and removes 

 Obfl;ru<5lions of the Liver, hence it is recom- 

 mended greatly in the Jaundice. It operates 

 Urine. 



Candy Poleymountain. 



POLIUM CRETICUM. 



A Little Plant of a woolly Appearance, Native 

 ■^^ of the Grecian Iflands, and kept in fome Gar- 

 dens. It grows but about fix Inches high. The 

 Stalks are fquare, white, weak, and feldom up- 

 right. The Leaves fland two at each Joint: 

 They are narrow, oblong, and not at all indented 

 at the Edges. They are of a white woolly AC- 

 pedl, and of a pleafant Smell. The Flowers are 

 fmall and white, and they grow in Tufts at the 

 Tops of the Stalks : Their Cups are very white. 



The whole Plant is to be ufed dried. It ope- 

 rates very powerfully by Urine, and is good a- 

 gainfb all hyfteric Complaints, but it is not to be 

 given to Women with Child, for it has fo much 

 Efficacy in promoting the Menfes, that it may 

 occafion Abortion. 



Polypody, 



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