<m FAMILY HERBAL. 



Wild Navew. Bunias 



The plant which produces what we call rape- 

 seed, and in some places cole-seed. Though wild 

 on our ditch hanks ; it sown in some places for 

 the sake of its seed, from which an oil is made for 

 mechanical purposes. The plant is two or three 

 feet high ; the stalk is round, upright, smooth, 

 thick, firm, and of a pale green, ihe lower leaves 

 are long and narrow, very deeply divided at the 

 edges, and of a pale or bluish green colour. Those 

 on the stalk are of the same colour, hut small, 

 narrow, and a little divided : the flowers are small, 

 and of a bright yellow. The pods are long, and 

 the seeds are round, large, and black ; they are of 

 a somewhat hot and sharp taste. The seeds are used 

 for the same purposes as the other, and are supposed 

 to have more virtue, but probably neither have 

 much. 



Colic Naiid. tardus ecltica. 



A little plant of Ihe valerian kind, frequent 

 in [many parts of Europe, but not a native of Eng- 

 land. It is six or eight inches in height ; the stalks 

 are'round, striated, and greenish : the leaves at the 

 bottom are oblong, narrow at the base, and rounded 

 at the end, and of a yellowish green colour. Those 

 on the stalks stand in pairs ; they are small and deeply 

 cut ; the flowers stand in a little cluster at the top of 

 the stalk ; they are small and white : the root is long, 

 slender, and creeping. 



The root is the part used ; our druggists kee ; p 

 ii dry. It is best taken in infusion. It operates by 

 urine, and in some decree bv sweat, but that very 

 moderately : it is commended in fevers and in the 

 jaundice. 



