'386 TZ^ Vfeful Family Herhal 



fmooth, and of a beautiful green Colour, and 

 having in Shape, though not at all in Colour 

 or Confidence, fome flight Refemblance of Plan- 

 tain : They are perfedly fmooth, of a glofly Sur- 

 face, and brittle. Thefe ftand for many Months 

 without the Stalk ; and doubtlefs in this State it 

 got the Name. The Stalk is two Feet or more 

 m Height, round, firm, and upright, and at the 

 Top it fends out a vaft Number of Branches, 

 which fend out other fmaller, and even thefe laft 

 are again divided. On the Tops of the laft Dm- 

 fions ftand the Flowers, with their Bud^, and the 

 Seed- Veflels ; fo that the whole has the Appearance 

 of a Cone. The Flowers are little and white; 

 and confift of three LeaTes each, they ftand but a 

 little Time, and only a few are feen together. 



The Seed is the Part ufed : The Plant is to be 

 fuflfered to ftand, till this is thoroughly ripe, and 

 then cut up gently, and laid to dry two or three 

 Days upon a Table, a fmart Stroke or two, will 

 diflodge a great Quantity of the Seeds they are , 

 very g^od againft the Overflowings of the Menfes, 

 and all other Bleedings ; and are but given in 

 Powder in Eleduaries, fmall Dofes being to be 

 taken at a Time, and often repeated. 



Rue leav'd Whitlow-Grass, 



PARONYCHIA RUTACCO FOLIO, 



A Common little Plant, early in Spring, on our 

 " Walls and Houfes, and of a very fingular 

 Afpeft i it is red and has pretty white FJo'^- 

 m. It is not more than four Inches high > the 

 Stalks are round, upright, and a Httle hairy, and 

 t-ey are covered with an unftuous Clammmeis, 

 which makes them ftick to the Fingers in hand- 



t'no- The Leaves arc iitcle, and aifo red} they 

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