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Ihe Vfefid Family Herbal 



Flowers are fmall in Shape like a Pea Bloflbm, 



but of a greenifh white Colour. 



-The Pods arc 



long and flatted^ of a brown Colour, of a very 

 fragrant Smell, and full of exceedingly fmall 



Seeds. 



/ 



This Pod is the Part ufed ; it is a Cordial and 

 Reftorative, it opens Ob(lru(5i:ions, and promotes 

 the Menfes, it operates by Urine, and by Sweat, 

 but it is not much ufed. Some put them into 

 Chocolate, to giv^e it a Flavour, and to make it 

 more cordial and reftorative, this is done in the 

 .grinding up the Nuts to the Cake, and we buy 

 It by the Name of /'"^/////t? Chocolate. 



• Vervain. 



VERBENA. 



A Common wild Plant, about our Path-ways 

 with {lender Spikes, and a few little Flowers 

 It is two Feet high, the Stalks are numerous 

 fquare, very ftrong, a little hairy, and often pur 



clifh 



The Leaves grow two at each J 



ley 



Jire oblong, narrow, notched at the Edges, of a 

 dufliv Green, and of a wrinkled and roup-h Sur- 



face. The Fi 



hit 



ith 



a Tinge of 



purplifh : There is a long Spike of their Buds an<^ 

 of the Remaining Cups, but only two or three 



open at a lime. 

 The frefh gathered Tops afe ufed 



Infi'fion 



of them is sood a^ainft Obftrutftions of the L 

 and Soleen: It is \ 



arm upof\ the Stomach 



Ufe of it will remove 



Com 



ajnts. 



