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77je UJeful FaJrJly Herb a L ^ y 7 



• The unripe Fruit of this Service is excellent 

 againfl Purgings, but it can only be had Recourfe 

 to when in Seafon, for there is no Way cf pre- 

 ferving the Virtue in them all the Year. 



Shepherds Purse- 



BURSA PASTORIS. 



HE moft common almoft of all wild 



g our Garden-Beds, and 



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Yards. The Leaves be fpread upon the Ground 



long, fomewhat broad, and more or lefs 

 indented at the Edges, for in this, there is great 

 Variation : The Stalks are round, upright, and 

 eight or ten Inches high, they have few Le^^ve^ 

 on them. The Flowers fland at the Tops in little 



Cluft-ers, ' arid they are fmall and white : Below 

 there is commonly a Kind of Spike of the Seed- 

 Veffels ; thefe are Ihort, broad, and of the Figure 

 of a Bag, OF Pouch, and are divided- a little at 

 the End. The Seeds are fmall and yellowifh, and 



the Roots white. ^ 



The Juice of Shepherds Purfe is cooling and 

 aftrineent •, it is good againft Purgings, with Iharp 

 and bloody Stools, againft the Bleeding of the 

 Piles ; and the Overflowings ot the Menfes. 



Ski r r e t* 



S 1 S A R U M. 



A Plant kept in diir Kitchen Gardens. It grows 

 ^ three or four Feet high. The Stalk is round 



hollow, ftriated, and fomewhat branched, ibe 

 Leaves are each compofed of three or five fmaJer, 

 t^'o or four fet oppoHte and one at the t-n^; t^e> 

 are oblong, ferrated at the Edges, zn^ ^^ 

 pointed; t1ie End Leaf is longer than .he other. 

 The Flowers are little : They ftand m round 



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