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the Root, they are folded inward fo that only the 

 under Part appears, and they have a very pecu- 

 liar Afpeft, more hke fome Infed, than the Leaf 

 of a Plant.' It gro%YS on old Walls,, and is green 

 all the Winter, but it has moft Virtue in Spring. 



The whole Plant is ufed. It is beil given in 

 Infufipn, and muft be continued for fome Time, 

 it opens all Obftruftions of the Liver and Spleen, 

 and is excellent in Diforders arifmg from that 

 Caufe. They fay the Powder of the dried Leaves 

 cufres the Rickets, but this wants . Proof. 



Indian Spikenard. 

 KARDUS INDICA. 



A N EaJl'Indian Plant, of the Grafs Kind, with 

 •^*' triangular Stalks, and yellovvilla Flowery. It 

 refemblcs not a little that common yellow tuk&d 

 Grafs, which is frequent in our Meadows in 

 Spring. It is iix or eight Inches high. The 

 Leaves are long, narrow, and of a ;^a!e Gre^n, 

 they are very nurhcrous, and Hand in a thick 



Tuft almoft growing together at the Bafes. The 

 Stalks rife among thefe, they are naked, triangu- 

 lar, and of a pale green Colour; the Flowers ftand 

 in Tufts, of the Bignefs of an Horfe-bean; on the 

 Tops of the Stalks, they are blackilh, biit orna^ 

 mented with yellow Threads, which give the whole 

 a yeilowiih Appearance. This is tlic Plant, fome 

 S'amples of which have been of late brought over 

 as the Indian Spikenard, and tliere is Reafon and 

 Authority for fuppofing they are fo. The Jops 

 of the RoQts have that Sort of Tuft of hauy Mat- 

 -ter, which we call Mian Spikenard growmg to 

 them, and it is of the Nature of the hairy Top 

 of the Spignel Root, owing to the Fibres of 



cayed 



Brmiius alfo calls the Plant which 



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