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Foot-Stalks i and narrower all the Way to the 

 PoinL They are of a bluifh green Colour, and 

 the. whole Plant is covered with them, fo the' 

 Top has a pretty Afpeft. The Flowers are little 

 and yellow ; they ftand in great Numbers about 

 the Tops of the Stalks, which are divided into a 

 Multitude of fmall Branches ; and they are fuc- 

 ceeded by fmall Seed-Vellcls. The P^oot is lono^ 

 and thick. 



Although die Dyers are t\\€ People, wlio pay 

 moft Regard to Woad, and for whofe Ufe it is 

 cultivated, it has Virtues that demand for it a- 

 great deal of Refpecl in Medicine. The Top of 

 the Stalks, before the Flov/crs appear, contain the 

 greatefl Virtue, and they are beft frefh. They 

 are to be given in In/ufion, and they are excellent 



againft ObHructlons of the Liver, and Spleen \ 



they work by Urine, and fo take Sffeft; the Uief 

 of this Infufion muft be continued a confiderable^ 

 Time : Thefe are Diforders thap come on llowly,* 

 and are to be flowly removed. 



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A Common little wild Plant, in cur Woods' and 

 Thickets : It is ten Inches high. The Stalk 

 is fquare, flender, weak, and not able to Tupport 

 itfelf perfeftly upriglit. Tiie Lea\^es ftand feveral 



each Joint, encompafling the Stalk in the Man 

 ner of a Star; they are oblong, broad, and of : 

 deep Green. In their Form and Manner of Growth, 

 they much refemble thofe of common Cleavers, 

 but they are larger, though the Plant is fo mucl 

 lefs, and they are not rough as- in that Plant, bui 

 nearly fmooth. The Flowers ftand at :he Top: 

 of tlie Stalks in little Clufters, they are fmall arc 



Cc 3 white 



