

88 77je Ufeftd Family Herial 



Bowings of the Menfes, and is moft cor.vcniently 

 o^iven in Powder, half a Dram for a Dofe. 



' Wl N T E R-Gr EEN» 



PYROLA. 



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A N extremely pretty Plant, wild in fome Pa?'ts 

 -^ of England, but not common. The Stalk is 

 round, thick, upright, and ten Inches high. The 

 Leaves all grow from the Root, for the Stalk ts 

 naked, they are broad, roundifh, and of a deep 



Colour, they are of a fiefliy Subftance, and 



frrr^ 



d 



f three or 



four Inches long. The Flowers are fm all, and of 



a very bright White, they ftand in a Kind of loofe 

 Spike on the Tops of the Stalks. The Root is 

 eompofed of a Quantity of tliick whitifli Fibres. 



The Leaves arc ufed. A Dcco(5lion of them 

 with a Piece of Cinnamon, and a little red Wine, 

 is ^iven againfl the Overflov/mgs of the Menfes, 

 bloody Stools, and all Hremorrhages, and a- 

 gainft' Ulcers in the urinary Palfagcs, and bloody 



Urine. ' 



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Plant c^iltivatcd in Fields, in many Parts ( 

 England y for the Ufc of the Dyers, and com- 

 monly met with in Places near thole where it was 

 fown, as if a wild Pkmt i but it is not properly a 

 Native of our Country. It is a tall, ereft, and hand- 

 fome Plant ; the Stalk is round, thick, firm, 

 ■fejpright, and four Feet high \ but it is ufually fo 

 co^'crcfl with the Leaves, tiiat fcarce any Part of 

 it is to be feen n.iked. The Leaves are lono; and 

 iif a conHdcirable Breadtiu They are large at the 



Bafc,: where they graw to the Stalk, without any 



Foot- 



