FAMILY HER JUT;. JS!> 



and is good in most chronic cases arising" fVcai such 

 obstructions. 



Ladies' Mantle. Archimilla. 



A very pretty little plant, native of sonic part? of 

 England, but not very common wild. The leaves 

 are numerous and very beautiful ; they are broad, 

 and of a roundish figure, but divided deeply into eight 

 parts, and each of these elegantly indented about 

 the edges. Thev are of a yellowish green colour, 

 nearly as broad as the palm of ones hand,, and they 

 stand upon foot-stalks of an inch or two in length. 

 The stalks grow in the midst ; they are round, a 

 little hairy, eight inches long, not very upright, and 

 of a pale green colour. The flowers stand in con- 

 siderable numbers at their tops ; they are small and 

 of h greenish colour, but have a great many yellow 

 thrtads in the middle. The root is Jong, thick, and 

 dark coloured. 



The root is the part most valuable ; a decoction 

 of it fresh taken up, is an excellent remedy for the 

 overflowings of the menses, for bloody fluxes, and 

 all other bleedings. Dried and powdered it an- 

 swers the same purpose, and is also good against 

 common purgings. The good women of tin 4 north 

 of England apply the leaves to their breasts, to make 

 them recover their form, after they have been swelled 

 with milk. Hence it has got the name v >f ladies' 

 mantle. 



Larch Tree. Larix. 



A moderately tall, and in summer a very beautiful 

 tree ; but though one of the resinous kind, and in 

 many respects approaching to the nature of the fir 

 and pine, it loses its leaves in winter : it is a native 



