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\V O O D S O R R E L. 



L U I U L A. -^ / • ^ .. 



A Very pretty little Plant, 'common aboiit our 

 ^^ Wood Sides, and diftinguilhed by its bright 

 green elegant Leaves, and pretty Flowers. The 

 Leaves rife in confiderable Number from the 

 fame Root ; they ftand three together upon fepa- 

 rate long, and very (lender Foot-Stalks, of a red- 

 ifh Colour, each 'is of a Heart-like Shape, the 

 broad and indented Part hanging downward 



the three fmaller Ends meeting on the Summit of 

 the Stalk. The Flowers are whitilh, tinged with 

 Purple, very bright and delicate, they ftand alfo 

 pn fmo-le St^ks, and rife immediately on the 

 Root ° The Seed- Veffels are large, and when ripe, 

 they burft afunder with the leaft Touch, and the 

 Seeds fly about. The Root, is fmall and irre- 



^^The Leaves" arc ufed, they are to be frefh ga- 

 tliered, their Root is very agreeably acid, and the 

 Juice of them makes a pretty Syrup. ^ The Leaves 

 ilfo beat up with three Times their Weight of 

 Sugar, make an excellent Conferve. They arc 

 .good to quench Thii-ft in Fevers, and they have 

 The fame Virtue with the other, agamft the Scur- 

 vy and in fweetening the Blood. 



S U T H E R ^N W O O D. 



- ■ ABROTANUM MA5. - 



AShrubl^y 



Native of many Parts of 



■,pe, but kep 



The Stem is 



wobdy, and tough, and is covered with a brown 

 ^\2' The Leaves are divided -to fine Aen^u 

 Pants, and are of a pale green, ^"^'^^^f ^/j 

 and ftrong Smell. The Flowers are fm -d 



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