348 FAMILY HERBAL. 



frequently appears of a blood red colour, very singular 

 and beautiful. The root is small, reddish, and ir- 

 regular ; it creeps under the surface. 



The leaves are an excellent cure for fresh wounds. 

 Scarce any thing is equal to them. The young 

 and tender ones at the tops of the branches arc to 

 be chosen ; they are to be bound upon the wound, 

 and they stop the bleeding and perform a very 

 speedy cure. I have had very iate and very singular 

 instances of the effects of this herb. Many of the 

 common plants are celebrated for this virtue, but the 

 effect of this is surprising. 



Twv Blade. Bifolium. 



A very singular and pretty plant, common in 

 our meadows in *!k beginning of summer. It 

 is a foot high ; the stalk is round, green, tender, 

 and upright ; it has only two leaves on it, and they 

 grow from the root. They av very large, broad, 

 of an oval figure, 'and stand opposite to one another, 

 about the middle of the stalk or somewhat lower. 

 The flowers are small ami green ; they are of 

 an uncommon figure, somewhat like that of the 

 orchis, and they si and in a long spike ; the seeds 

 are very small, and the root is small, slender, and 

 white. 



The fresh gathered plant is used ; an infusion of 

 if made strong, is good against the bleeding of the 

 piles, and the juice is recommended to be applied to 

 them externally. 



V. 



(iauoen Yaixiuan. Valeriana hortmsii?.. 



A TALL and beautiful plan!, native of the 



