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nally against cramps, strains, pains in the limbs, 

 and weaknesses : but we seldom meet with it fresh 

 enough, to be fit for use ; and at present, it has 

 given place to the famous opodeldoc, and to several 

 other things, which have the same qualities in a 

 much greater degree. 



Panic Panicum. 



A very singular and pretty plant of the grass 

 kind, cultivated in some parts of Europe. The 

 stalk is very thick and firm, round, jointed, and 

 a yard high. The leaves are grassy, but they are 

 large and broad. The flowers and seeds are con- 

 tained in a long ear, which is broad and flat ; it is 

 composed of several smaller ears, arranged on the 

 two sides of the stalk ; these spikes are hairy. The 

 seed is round, and is much like millet, only 

 smaller. 



The seed is the only part used. It is good 

 against sharp purgings, bloody fluxes, and spitting 

 of blood. 



Pareira Brava. Pareira brava. 



A climbing shrub of South America, the 

 root of which has lately been introduced into 

 medicine It grows to twelve or fourteen feet in 

 height, if there be trees or bushes to support it, else 

 it lies upon the ground, and is shorter. The stalks 

 are woody, light, and covered with a rough bark, 

 which is continually coming off in small flakes. The 

 leaves are large and broad. The flowers are small, 

 and of a greenish colour ; and the berries are round, 

 and when ripe, black. The root is large, woody, 

 and very long and creeping. 



