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colic, than the chymical oil drawn from the berries. They 

 Ere good for cough, ahortuesd of breath, consumption, pains 

 in the belly, rupture, cramps, convulsions, and speedy deli- 

 very to pregnant women ; they strengthen the Drain, for- 

 tify the signt, by strengthening the nerves, are good for 

 agues, help the gout and sciatica, and strengthen the limbs 

 of the body ; it is also a speedy remedy to such as have 

 the scurvy, to rub the gums with; the berries stay all flux- 

 es, help the hemorrhoids or piles, and kill worms in chil- 

 di«n: a lye made from the asoes of the wood, and the body 

 bathed with it, cures the itch, scabs and leprosy ; the ber- 

 ries break the stone, procure appetite when it is lost ; and 

 are good for all palsies, and fallmg-sicknesa. 



KARSE (DITTANDEK) -fr.epidium Sativum.) 



Dwcrip.— The root is fibrous, and the first leaves are 

 very large, of a deep green, they stand on long slender 

 foot-stalks ; they are oblong, broad, and serrated at the 

 edges : they are large near the base, and sharp-pointed. 

 The stalk is round, firm, upright, considerably branched, 

 and three feet high. The leaves grow at the joints, with 

 long slender foot-stalks, like those from the roots, but are 

 smaller and paler. The flowers stand in great numbers at 

 the tops of numerous branches, and they are small and 

 white. The seed is small and brown. 



Place, — Itgrowsin Essex, and thenorth, on damp plains. 



TitM, — It flowers in July. 



OovemwMnX and Virtues, — The taste is acrid. This is 

 ▼ery raooeHfol for the sciatica, gout, and pains in the joints. 

 The leaves bruised, and mixed with hogs' lard, and applied 

 to the places affecte . will give relief ; it also amends de- 

 formities or discolounugsof the skin, and takes away scars, 

 marks, scabs and burns. The juice is j^ven in ale to pro- 

 care women a speedy delivery in travail. 



KIDKEYWOKr.-^(Cott/lecUm Umbtlicui.) 



Callxd also Wall Pennyroyal, or Penny- wort 



Demrip. — It has many thick, flat, and round leaves, all 

 having a long foot-etalk, fastened underneath, about the 

 middle of it, and a little unevenly weaved about the edges, 

 of a pale green colour, and somewhat yellow on the upper 

 ■ide, from which rise one or more tender, smooth, hollow 

 irtAtks half a foot high, with two or three small leavei 

 thereon, usually long and divided at the edges ; the tops 



