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314 Tlje Ufeful Family Herbal, 



It grov/s to three Feet in Height. The Stalk 

 ■IS round, thick, ftriated, and of a greenifh Colour, 

 frequently ftained with Purpls. The Leaves arc 

 very large, and of a Figure approaching to tri- 

 angular i they are bread at the Bafe, (mail at the 

 Point, and waved all along the Edges. Thefe 

 Hand on thick hollov/ed Foot-Stalks, which arc 

 frequently alfo redifh. The Flowers are whitifh, 



the Top 



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of the Stalks in the Manner of Dock-FLowers, and 

 make little more Figure, the Seed is triangulated. 

 The Root is thick, long, and often divided to- 

 ward the Bottom, of a yellow Colour veined with 

 Purple : But the Purple- appears much more 

 plainly in the dry, than in the frelli Root. 



The Root is ufed : Its Virtues are fufficiently 

 known, it is a gentle Purge, and has an after 

 Aftringency. It is excellent to flrengthen the 

 ■Stomach and Bowels, to prevent Vomitings ; and 

 carry off the Caufe of Cholics, in the Jaundice 

 alio it is extremely ufeful. Rhubarb and Nutmeg 

 toafted together before the Fire, make an excel- 

 lent Remedy againft Purgings. There is fcarce 

 any chronic Difeafc in which Rhubarb is not 



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The Rhapontic Monks Rhubarb and f 



Monks Rhubarb ■ all approach to the Nature of 

 the true Rhubarb, they have been defcribed al- 

 ready in their fevcral Places. 



Rue. 

 RUTA. 



A Pretty little Shrub frequent in our Gardens. 

 It grows three or four Feet high. The Stem 

 h fii'm, upright, and v/cody ; very tough, and 

 covered with a whitifh Bark. The Branches are 



^.^-imerous, and the young Shoots are round, g^'^-^'* 



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