256 FAMILY HERBAL. 



on the tops of the stalks. The seeds are small, some* 

 what hairy, and of a dusky colour. 



The seed is used ; and it is best given in pow- 

 der. It operates powerfully by urine, and it is 

 good against stoppages of the menses, and in the 

 gravel and colics, arising from that cause. It 

 is also recommended against the dropsy and jaun- 

 dice. 



Wild Parsnep. Pastinaca sylvestris. 



A wild plant, common about our road sides. 

 It is three feet high. The stalk is straight, up- 

 right, round, striated, and yellowish. The leaves 

 are composed of many broad divisions, and resem- 

 ble those of the garden parsnep, but they are smaller. 

 The ilowers are little and yellow : they grow at the 

 tops of the stalks, in large, rounded tufts, and the 

 seeds are flat, and of an oval figure. The root is 

 long, white, and well tasted. 



The root is to be used. A strong decoction of 

 it works by urine, and opens all obstructions. It is 

 good against the gravel and the jaundice, and will 

 bring down the menses. 



Pavana Shrub. Pavana 



A shrubby plant of the East Indies, of a 

 beautiful, as well as singular aspect. It is six or 

 seven feet high. The stem is woody, firm, and 

 naked almost to the top. The leaves grow upon 

 long foot stalks, and they all rise nearly together, 

 at the upper part of the stem : they are large, of 

 a rounded figure, and divided at the edges pretty 

 deeply into several parts : their colour is a deep 

 green. The Ilowers are small, and of a greenish 

 colour. The fruit is of the bin'ne^s of a hazle 



