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Time, — It flowers in June, the seed ripens shortly after. 



Oovemment and Virtues. — Saturn owns this herb. It is 

 good to slay fluxes of blood both of the mouth and nose, 

 other outward paita, and the veins that are broken inward- 

 ly, as also Buxes of the belly ; it stays distillation of the 

 thin and sharp humours from the head upon the stomach 

 and lung«; it is good for those who are bruised by any fall, 

 blows, or otherwise, by driuidDg a decoction of the herb 

 roots in wine, and applying the same outwardly to the 

 place. It is good in all running sores, cancerous and fis- 

 tulous, drying up the moisture, and healing them up gent- 

 ly, without sharpness; it does the same to running sores or 

 ■cabs of the head or other parte. It is of especial use for 

 sore throat, swelling of uvula and jaws, and excellently 

 good to stay bleeding, and heal up ail green wounds. 



K^APWORT HAESHWEED.— </Sasw«i Jaceaides.) 



Ducrip. — This much resembles the last. The root has 

 innumerable thick, long, and brown fibres. The stalk is 

 robust, brown, two and a half feet in height, variously and 

 irregularly branched. The leaves are la^ge, and some of 

 them are entire; others divided to the rib into many parts, 

 of a deep green, and the flowers stand at the tops of the 

 branches ; they grow out of green heads ; they are large, 

 and of a lively purple. The seeds are lai^ and brown. 



Placs. — It is common in hilly pastures. 



Time. — It flowers in July. 



OovemmerU and VirtTies. — This is under Saturn. It is 

 BO astringent, and is best given in decoction ; but, as the 

 qoantity to have any efl'ect, must be large, it is but seldom 

 used. Inwardly it is opening, attenuating and healing, 

 ffood to cleanse the lungs of tartareous humours, and help- 

 nil Bflaiost coughs, asthma^ difficulty of breathing, and 

 oold^stempers; as a cephalic, it is good for diseases of the 

 head and nerves. Outwardly, the bruised herb is famous 

 for taking away black and blue marks out of the skin. 



BINOT QRASS.—(ni€cebrum VerticOlcUwm,) 



Dwcrip. — The stalks of this plant incline pretty much 

 to the earth, being smooth and finely channelled, slender, 

 and branched, full of knots and joints, at which grow long 

 'Oval sharp- pointed leaves, set alternately on snort foot- 

 stalks. Some are broader and more oval than others. At 

 tiM joints witli the leaves, grow several small staminoos 



