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ar;n;ist inward bleedings. The root, dried and 

 powdered, is a remedy for purgings, and is good 

 against the whites. 



Poleymountain. Polium montanum. 



A PHETTY plant, native of the warmer parts 

 of Europe, and kept in our gardens. It is ten in- 

 ches high. The stalks are square and whitish : 

 the leaves are oblong and narrow, of a white colour, 

 and woolly surface ; they stand two at a joint, and 

 they are indented at the edges. The flowers are 

 small and white. They grow in a kind of woolly 

 tufts at the tops of the branches. 



The whole plant is used ; it is best dried; given 

 in infusion, it promotes the menses, and removes 

 obstructions of the liver, hence it is recommended 

 greatly ia the jaundice. It operates by urine. 



Candy Poleymountain. Folium crclicum, 



A LITTLE plant of a woolly appearance, native 



"the Grecian Islands, and k cot in some gardens. 



"(rows but about six inches high. The stalks 



square, white, weak, and seldom upright. 



leaves stand two at each joint : they are nar- 



oblong, and not at ail indented at the 



s. They are of a white woolly aspect, and of 



asant smell. The flowers are small and white, 



they grow in tufts at the tops of the stalks : 



r cups are very white. 



The whole plant is to be used dried. It ope- 

 rates very powerfully by urine, and is good against 

 all hysteric complaints, but it is not to be given to 

 women with child, for it has so much efficacy in 

 promoting the menses, that it may occasion abortior. 



