112 FAMILY HERBAL. 



and divided into a great many brandies. The leaves 

 are divided into numerous, narrow, and long parts, 

 in the manner of fennel ; but they are not so large. 

 The flowers are small and yellow ; they stand in 

 clusters on the tops of the branches. The root 

 is long. The seeds of dill are good against the 

 colic ; and they are said to be a specific against 

 the hiccough, but I have known them tried with- 

 out success. 



Dittandek. Lepidium. 



\ TALL plant, with broad leaves and little white 

 flowers ; wild in some places, and frequent in 

 our gardens. It grows a yard high. The stalks 

 are round, firm, of a pale green, and very much 

 branched. The leaves are large towards the 

 bottom, smaller upwards ; and the flowers stand 

 in a kind of loose spikes ; the lower leaves are 

 beautifully indented, the others scarce at all : the 

 seeds are contained in little roundish capsules, and 

 are of a hot and pungent taste. 



The leaves of dittandcr fresh, gathered and boil- 

 ed in water, make a decoction that works by urine, 

 and promotes the menses : thev are also good to 

 promote the necessary discharges after delivery. 



Dittany or Crete. Dictamuns Creticus. 



\ VERY pretty little plant, native of the East, 

 r.Tid kept in some of our curious people's gardens. 



Il has been famous for its virtues, hut thev stand 

 more upon the credit of report than experience. 

 it is six or eight inches high, \\\ n . .stalks are square, 

 .slender, hard, vvoodv, and branched. The leaves 

 are short, broad, and roundish ; they stand two at 

 every joint, aivd are covered with a white woolly 



