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\y I L D ' V A L E R I A N. 



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VALERIANA SYLVESTRIS. 



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Tall and handfome Plant, frequent in our 

 Woods, and upon Heaths, not unlike the 

 Garden Valerian in its Form and Manner of 

 Growth, and of greater Virtues. It is a Yard 

 high. The Stalks are round, ftriated, upright, 

 hollow, and of a pale Green. The Leaves are 

 large and beautiful, they are each compofed of 

 feveral Pairs of fmaller, fet on a common Rib, 

 and with an odd one at the End. Thefe are long, 

 narrow, dentated at the Edges, of a faint green 

 Colour and a little hairy. The Flowers fland in 

 large Tufts, like Umbels, at the Tops of the Stalk?, 

 and are fmall and white, with a Blu.li of rediili. 

 The Root is of a whidlh Colour, and is compofed 

 of a great many thick Fibres. It is of a very 

 ilrong and difagreeable Smell. 

 ■ The Root is ufed ; it is bell dried and 

 Powder, or in Infufion. " It is an excellent Medi- 

 rinp in nervous Diforders. It is faid that it will 



the fallinp- Sicknefs, but its good Effects 



;igainfl Head-achs, Low-fpiritednefs, and T 

 Citings of the Limbs, are well known. 



The V A N I L L A P L A N T. 



VANILLA. 



Chmbins Plant, Native oi America. It g 



thirtf Feet or more in Length, but the 

 Stalk is flender and weak, and climbs upon Trees 

 to fupport it. It is round, ftriated, green, and 

 tou2h. The Leaves are numerous and placed 

 ....j^-..„.Iy; they are a Foot long, confiderably 

 broad, and like thofe of the common Plantain, 



of a dulky Green, and have high Ribs. The 



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