228 The UJefid Family Herbal, 



ofed the Woods ' of two different Trees. They 



ave the fame Smell and Tafle, only that the 



yello^v has them both in greateft Perfeftion: And 



h 



the fam 

 fo much fuperior, that the wh 



deferves no Notice. 



The yellow Saunders is bell taken in the Man- 

 ner of Tea, it is this Way not unplcc.fant, and is 

 cordial,, good againd Diforders of the Nerves, 

 and hyfteric Complaints, and opens Obftrudions, 

 it alfo p;ently promotes Perfpiration, and works 



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White Saxifrage. 

 SAXIFRAGA ALBA. 



Very pretty Plant in our Meadows, diftin- 

 guiilicd by the regular Shape of its Leaves, 

 and i.s white fnowy Flowers. It grows ten Inches 

 high, the Stalk is round, thick, firm, upright, 

 and a little hairy. The Leaves are of a pale 

 green Colour, and fielhy Subftance : They are of 

 a roundifh Figure, and indented about the Edges; 

 d they ftand upon long Foot- Stalks. The 



Flowers are large and white ; th- y grow in confi 



derable Numbers on the Tops of the St Iks. _ The 

 Root is compofed of a Parcel of fmall white 



redifh Granules. ^ 



The Root is ufed, and thefe fmall Parts ot 

 which it confifts have been ufed to be called by 

 ignorant Apothecaries Saxifrage Seed. It is diu- 

 retic, and good againfl the Gravel. The Roots 

 are beft frcfh, and the bell Way of living them 



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