GfULPEFKR's OOMPLITB HERBAL. S50 



•re weak and slender, three or four fingers in length, 

 set so fall of leaves that they can hardly be seen, either 

 having no footstalk at all, or but a very short one, the flow- 

 ers are so small that they can hardly be seen, and the seed 

 is very small also. 



Place, — It is found in barren, sandy, moist places. It 

 grows plentifully about Hampstead-Heath, Hyde Park, 

 and in Tothill-fields. 



Time. — It may be found all the summer-time, even from 

 the beginning of April, to the end of October. 



Oovemment and Virtues. — In its operation it provokes 

 urine, and breaks the stone. It is a good salad herb. The 

 whole plant is to be used, and is best when gathered fresh* 

 A strong infusion is good against the gravel, for it operates 

 by urine, and cleanses the kidneys and urinary passages 

 or all concretions. It is good in jaundice, and other 

 complaints arising from obstructions of the liver or any 

 other viscera. This herb may be dried, or a syrup made 

 of it for use. If a dram of the powder be taken in white 

 vine it will bring away gravel from the kidneys, without 

 -^uch pain. It also helps the strangury. 



PARSLEY (ROCK.)-^Feucedanum Officinale,) 



Called also Hog's Fennel 



Deecrip. — This has a long striated stalk, with small gras- 

 sy leaves, of a pale green, and they are in a very elegant 

 manner divideci into narrow and pointed segments. It 

 grows about a foot high, upright, and much branched. The 

 flowers stand at the tops of the branches, so that the plant 

 appears to be covered with them ; they are small ana yel- 

 low. The seed is brown, and the root long and slender, 

 and hung about with several fibres. 



Place. — It is frequent upon the hills and exposed parts 

 of the north of England, and St. Vincent's rock at Bnstol. 



Time. — It flouens in August. 



Virtues. — The i>eed8are the only parts used in medicine^ 

 They are mild and gentle vx tlieir operation, and are there- 

 fore given in powder. This powder increases the secretion 

 by the kidneys, promotes the menstrual discharge, and is 

 ffood in the colic and gravel. It is likewise recomm«inded 

 for the dropsy and jaundice. 



