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*The Ufeftd Family Herbal, 341 



ornamented with large oval Leaves of a pale Green, 

 blunt, fmooth, ribbed, and not at all indented at 

 the Edges. The Flowers hang froin the under 

 Part of the Stalk, they are fmali and white-, the 

 Fruit is a Berry as big as a Pea, and black when 

 ripe. The Root is white, oblong, irregular, and 

 creeps under the Surface of the Ground. 



The Root is the Part ufed : It is commended- 

 extremely, for an outward Application again ft 

 Bruifes. The Root dried and powdered, is good 

 ao-ainft Puro;ings, with bloody Stools, and the 



frelli Root beat up into a Confervf with Sugar, 



againft the Whites, 



SOPEWORT. 



SAPONARIA 



Wild Plant, but not very common. It Is 

 two Feet hiffh. The Stalk is round, thick. 



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jointed, and of a pale Green, the Knots are large. 

 The Leaves ftand two at each Joint, xhty are of 

 an oval Figure, and dark green Colour ; fmooth, 

 not dentated at the Edges, and full of large Ribs. 

 The Flowers ftand in a Kind of Clufters at the 

 Tops, they are white or redilh, and not very 

 laro-e : The Root is knobbed, and has a great 

 many Fibres running from it: Lis of a difagreeable 



mawkiih Tafte. , r ^ i 



The Root is ufed, and it fhould be frcfti taken 

 up, a Decoaion of it opens Obftrudions, and prp- 

 motcs Urine and Pcrfpiratioa. It is an excellent 

 f weetener of the Blood. 



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Sorrel 



