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HARE'S EAR (SUAJLL,y-( Bvpleura RotundifoUum.) 



Descrip.-^Th\% has a long slender white root ; the stalks 

 are numerous, and very small ; they are a foot and a half 

 high, and divided toward the top into a few branches : 

 the leaves stand alternately on them ; and they ire long, 

 narrow, grassy, and of a pale green. The flowers stand 

 on very small umbels at tne tops of the stalks, and on the 

 foot-stalks rising at the bosom of the leaves ; and they are 

 little and white. The seeds are small and dark-coloured. 



Plouie, — We have it in dry pastures, and by road-sides 

 in Essex, Sussex, an^ Cambriage 



TiTM, — It flowers in June. 



Oovemment and Virtties. — It is somewhat of the nature 

 of Thorough- wax, but of inferior degree. The juice is ca- 

 thartic and diuretic, good to purge phlegmatic watery hu- 

 mours, and ser\'iceable against dropsy and jaundice, and 

 obstructions of the liver and spleen ; it is not often used in 

 England. Venice and Castile Soap are made from its ashes. 



HARE'S TOOT,--(Pes Leporimu,) 



Descnp. — This plant seldom rises very high, but spreads 

 out into many slender branches, having small narrow 

 hairy trefoil leaves set at every joint ; on the tops of the 

 branches grow short round heads composed of small papi- 

 lionaceous pale purple flowers, each set in a soft woolly 

 calyx, making the heads appear soft and downy. The seed 

 is small, lying at the bottom of the calyx ; the root is lit- 

 tle, and peiishes yearly. 



Place. — It is frequently found in fallow and corn-fielda 



Time.— It flowers in June and July. The whole plant 

 is used, though not very often. 



Oovernment and Virtiies, — Hare's Foot is a Mercurial 

 herb, drying and binding ; accounted good for diarrhoea 

 and dysentery, and to stop the too great flux of the cata- 

 menia and the fluor albua It helps the ulceration of the 

 bladder, and heat and pain in making water. It is a 

 powerful astringent, and recommended in all cases where 

 SAtringents are safe. The leaves worn in the shoes pre- 

 vent the feet sweating. It is also a good vulnerary herb. 



