T%e Ufefid Family HertaL 3 § 5 



; The Flowers are ufed, and an Infufion of theiri 

 frefh Ts good againft the Head-ach, and in all 

 nervous Diforders. They are alfo good to fleep 

 In OiJ, to which they give a cordial Warmth, 

 and make it good againfl Pains in the Limbs. 

 But they are not either way much ufed at pre- 

 fent. , . • 



W A T E K A R p o w Head. 



SAGITTA AQ^UATICA. 



A Very pretty Plant, common in our Ditclies^ 



with Leaves like the bearded Heads of Ar- 



tows, and with pretty white Flowers* It is two 



Feet and a half high, but generally the greateft 



Part of the Stalk is buried in Water, very little 



appearing -- above, except the Spike of Flowers. 



X'he Leaves ftand each upon a Pedicle, which is 

 found, thick, and very long, they are of a b^^auti- 

 ful Green, and are broad, and bearded at the Bafe, 



■ 



and Iharp at the Point • the Flowers are white, to- 

 lerably large^ and very bright; and the Stalk, 

 on which they are fupported, is alfo round and 



thick. 



The common People in many Places have a 

 Cuftom of applying 'tTiefe Leaves bruifed to In- 

 flammations, they cool and give Eafe, but it Is 

 not always right. 



\V A T E R P L A N T A I N. 



PLANTAGO AQJLJATICA. 



F 



•h Very Common tall Plant inDitehes, and having 

 -^ not tlie leall: Refemblance of any Kind of Plan- 

 tain, except in the Leaves, fromwhich, however, it 

 bia.s received its Name. The Root is compofed of a 

 grcAt Quantity cf Fibres. From this, there rife 

 iii Spring a Number of Lcavis, oblon*, broad, 



C c imooth. 



