FAMILY I1ERBAV 85 



Coltsfoot. Tussilago. 



A COMMON wild herb, of excellent virtues, 

 but so different in the spring and summer, as that 

 it is scarce to be known for the same. The flow- 

 ers appear in spring 1 without the leaves ; they 

 grow on stalks six or eight inches high, round, 

 thick, fleshy, and of a reddish colour, on which 

 there stand a kind of films instead of leaves. The 

 flowers grow one at the top of each stalk ; they are 

 yellow, and as large as those of the dandelion, aud 

 like them. 



The leaves come up after these are decayed, 

 (hey arc as broad as ones hand, roundish, and sup- 

 ported each on a thick hollow stalk, they are green 

 on the upper side, and white and downy underneath. 

 The flowers are not minded, these leaves only are 

 used. 



Columbine. Aqu ilezia. 



A COMMON garden flower, but a native flUo 

 of our country, it grows two feet high ; the 

 leaves are divided into many parts, generally in a 

 threefold order ; the stalks are round, firm, up- 

 right, and a litlle hairy ; the flowers are blue and 

 huge ; the seeds are contained in a kind of horned 

 capsules. The leaves and the seeds are used ; a 

 decoction of the leaves is said to be good against 

 sore throats. The seeds open obstructions, and 

 are excellent in the jaundice, and other complaints 

 from like causes. 



Comfrev. Symphytum. 



A COMMON wild plant, of great virtue ; it is 

 frequent by ditch sides ; it grows a foot and half 



