11:^6 Ufeftd Family Herhah 345 



Speedwel. 



VERONICA MAS. 



A Common little Plant in our dry Failures, and 

 -^~*^ on Heaths. The Stalks are fix or eio-ht 

 Inches long ; the Leaves are fhort, and of an 

 oval Figure. The Stalks are not upright : They 

 trail along the Ground, only rifing at thin upper 

 Parts. I'he I^eaves are of a pale green Colour, 

 a little hairy, and dentated at the Edges : The 

 Tlowcrs are fmall and blue, they grow in {len- 

 der Spikes, arifmg from the Bofoms of the Leaves j 

 the Root is fmall and fibrous. 



The whole Herb is ufed, ^nd jt is bell frefii. 



An Infufion of it drank in Quantities, works 

 Urine, and opens all Obftru^ions : It promotes 



the Tvlenfes. There was an Opinion lately that 

 this Plant would cure the Gout. The dried Leaves 

 picked from the Stalks, were fold m our Markets, 

 and People made a Tea of them. The Opinion 

 was fo prevalent, that the Plant was in a Manner 

 deftroyed for many Miles about London., but like 

 all other Things, that want Truth for their Foun- 

 dationj it came to nothing. 



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P/IEUM. 



Wild Plant not altogether unlike Fennel. It 

 grows two or three Feet high. The Stalks 



round, ftriated, and branched. The Leaves 



are large, and divided like thofe of Fennel, but 

 into narrower, and finer Parrs, and they are of « 

 very dark green Colour. The Flowers are htfle 

 and white, but th.°y ftind in Clufters at the Fops 

 of the Stalks, and arc confpicuous by their ^um- 



The Root is long and brown, and there are 

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