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comefoi-th the tlowerd, one at a joint, ataudiug upon a ten- 

 der footstalk, long and hollow, parted at the brims, some- 

 times into four, sometimes into five leaves ; the most ordi- 

 nary sorts are of a pale blue colour, some of a pure white, 

 5Dd some of a dark reddish purple colour. 



P'ace, — Those with the pale blue, and those with the 

 white flowers, grow in woods and orchards, by the hedge- 

 sides, in divers parts of this country ; but those with we 

 purple flowers in gardens only. 



Time. — They flower in March and April 



Oovemment and Virtiies. — Venus own this herb. It is a 

 great binder, and stays bleedin<^ at the tuouth and nose, if 

 it be chewed. It is a good female medicine, and may 

 be used with advantage in hysteric and other fits. An in- 

 fusion is good to stay the menses ; a two ounce dose will 

 have the same eflfect. It is good in nervous disorders ; the 

 young tops made into a conserve is good for the night-mare. 

 The small Periwinkle ( Vinca Minor) possesses all the vir- 

 toes of the othre kind, and may very properly supply its 

 place. 



PETER'S WORT. (QT.y-(A8€yrum Starts.) 



Descrip. — It rises up with square, large, brown, upright 

 stalks, having leaves at every joint, round pointed, with 

 few or no holes to be seen thereon, and sometimes smaller 

 leaves rising from the bosom of the greater, with a little 

 hair thereon. At the tx)ps of the two stalks stand many 

 star-like flowers, with yellow threads in the middle, larger 

 than those of St. John s wort, the seed l)eing like it. The 

 root abides long, sending forth new shoots every year. 



Place, — It grows in small low woods, in divers placei 

 of this ooQotry, also near water-courses. 



Time.— It flowers in June and July ; and the seed U 

 ripe in August 



Oovemment and Virtues, — Two drams of the seed taken 

 at a time in honied water, purges choleric humours, and 

 helps the sciatica. The leaves bruised are goo^l for burn& 



PILEWORT (COMMON.)— ('/'icaria Vema.) 



Detcrip. — This small plant, besides the slender, white, 

 fibrous root, has several small, oval, whitish tubercles, re- 

 sembling the piles. The leaves grow on long footstalks, 

 ■nooth and shining, sometimes spotted white. The flowers 

 ffTOW on pretty long stalks, inclining to the earth, with a 

 K'af or two on them more angular, sharper-pointed, and 



