FAMILY HERBAL. ill 



Tux Weed. Sophia till. urgoru!,). 



A tretty wild plant, about our waste places and 

 farm-yards ; conspicuous for its leaves, if not so for 

 its flower. It grows two feet high ; and the stalk 

 is round, erect, very firm and strong, and not much 

 branched. The leaves are moderately largo, and 

 most beautifully divided into numerous small seg- 

 ments, long and narrow ; they stand irregularly 

 upon the staiks. The Mowers are small and yellow ; 

 they stand in a kind of spikes at the tops o: die 

 stalks. They are followed by short pods. The 

 whole plant is of a dark green 



The seeds are the part used : they nre to be 

 collected when just ripe, and boiled whole. The 

 decoction cures the bloody flux, and is good againbt 

 the overflowing of the menses. 



Flower Gentle. Amaranthus. 



A garden flower. There are many kinds of 

 it; but that used in medicine is the large one 

 with the drooping purple spike. It grows to four 

 feet high. The stalk is firm, lound, and channel- 

 led, green sometimes, but often red. The leaves 

 are oblong and broad even at the edges, and point- 

 ed at the ends : they are very large, and are often 

 tinged with red. The flowers are purple, and 

 they grow in long beautiful spikes hanging down- 

 wards. 



The flowers are the part used. They are to be 

 gathered when not quite full blown, and diiecj,. 

 They are good against purging and overflowing 

 of the menses in powder or decoction. 



