i74 PENTANDRlA PENTAGYNIA. 



Flax. JngUs. Lion. GatiUs. 



In corn fields. G. VI. 



Not ro mention the great oeconomical ufe of this 

 plant in making of linen, the feeds are eileem'd 

 an excellent emollient and anodyne : they are 

 ufed externally in cataplafms, to affuage the 

 pain of inflani'd tumors : Internally, a flight in- 

 fufion of linfeed, by way of tea, is recomimended 

 in coughs as an excellent pedoral, and of great 

 fervice in pleurifies, nephritic complaints, and 

 lupprelTions of urine. 



■* Foliis oppofitis. i 



caiharticum L. foliis oppofitis ovatO-lanceolatis, caule dichoto-' 

 2. mo, corollis acutis. Sp. pi. 401. (Ger. Em. 560. 



/. 5. Pet. herb. /. SB- f- 12.J 

 Purging Flax. Anglis. An caol-miofachan. GauUs. 

 in dry paftures common. O.VI. 

 A drachm of the dry'd plant pulveriz'd, or an in-, 

 fufion of a handful of it in whey or water, is 2 

 fafe purge. 



taciiola 3. L. foliis oppofitis, caule dichotonio, floribus te- 

 trandris tetragynis. Sp.pl. 402. {Oed. Ban. 178. 

 bpt. Raj. Syh.p. 34^- ^- ^S-f- 3- I'^^-H-i^^ris. /. 4. 

 /. 6. Ger Em. 569./. 2. pet. kerb. t. 59./. 12.) 



The 1^ Rupture-wort, or All-feed. Anglis. 



In moift gravelly foils, and whtre water has ftooc 

 in the Winter -, obferv'd at T'Cclumh-kiil i y ^o\ 

 Banks, Efquue. O- VIH. ^ 



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