238 FAMILY HERBAL. 



Pellitory of the Wall. Parietaria. * 



A WILD plant frequent on old walls, with weak 

 branches, aud pale green leaves. It grows a foot 

 high, but seldom altogether erect. The stalk* 

 are round, tender, a little hairy, jointed, and often 

 purplish. The leaves stand irregularly on them 

 and are an iwch long, broad in the middle, and 

 smaller at each end. The flowers stand close upon 

 the stalks, and are small and inconsiderable, of 

 a whitish green colour when, open, but reddish in 

 the bud. 



The whole plant is used, and it is best fresh. 

 An infusion of it works well by urine. It is very 

 serviceable in the jaundice, and is often found a 

 present remedy in fits of the gravel, the infusion 

 being taken largely. 



Pellitory of Spain. Pgrethrum. 



A VERY pretty little plant kept in our gardens 

 It is eight inches high. The stalk is round and 

 thick. The leaves are very finely divided, so that 

 they resemble those of the camomile, but they are 

 f a pale green, thick, and fleshy, and the stalk is 

 purpie. The flowers stand at the tops of the 

 branches, and are very pretty : they are of the shape 

 and size of the great daisy or ox-eye, white at the 

 edges, yellow in the middle, and red on the back or 

 underside. The root is long, and somewhat thick, 

 fa very hot taste. 



The root is used : we have it at the druggists. 

 Its great acridncss fills the mouth with rheum on 

 chewing, and it is good against the tooth-ach. It 

 is also good to be put into the mouth in palsies, for 

 it will sometimes alone, by its stimulation, restore 

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