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od and rellow, succeeded bj roundish seed-vessels, includ- 

 ing small, black, rugged seed. The root is small and fibrous. 



Plac^ — It is sown in ^s^ardens ; the leaves and seeds are 

 used The seed is one of the lesser cold seeds. 



Oovemment and Virtues. — It is an herb of the Moon. It 

 is good to allay the heat of the liver, blood, reins, stomach, 

 and hot agues : it stays hot and choleric fluxes of the belly, 

 womens' courses, the whites, and gonorrhoea, the distilla- 

 ation from the head, and pains therein proceeding from 

 heat, want of sleep, or the frenzy. The seed is more effec- 

 tual than the herb, and is good to cool the heat and sharp 

 ness of urine. The seed bruised and boiled in wine, and 

 given to children, expels the worms. The juice of the herb 

 is effectual to all the purposes aforenamed ; also to stay 

 vomitings, and taken with sugar and honey, helps an old 

 and dry cough, shortness of breath, and the phthisic, and 

 stays immoderate thirst. The distilled water is preferred 

 by many, and it works the Hitme effects. The juice is good 

 for inflammations and ulcers iu the secret parts, as well as 

 in the bowels, and hemorrhoids, when they have excoria- 

 tions in them ; the herb bruised and applied to the fore- 

 head and temples, allays excessive heat therein, that hin- 

 den rest and sleep ; and applied to the eyes it takes away 

 inflammation in them, those other parts where pushes, 

 wheals, pimples, St. Anthony's fire, and the like, break 

 forth; if a little vinegar be put to it, and laid to the neck, 

 with M much of gall and linseed together, it takes away 

 the pains therein, and the crick in the neck. Applied 

 to the gLMi, it eases the pains, and helps the hardness of 

 the sinews, if it come not of the cramp or a cold cause. 



QUICK GRASS.— M^o#/«.; 



/)e#t?r»]p.— There are several aorta. 1. Common Quick 

 Oram (A. Vulgarity ) which creeps about under ground, 

 with long white jointed roots, and small fibres almost at 

 erery joint 2. Quick Grass (A. Plumoaay) with a more 

 spreading penicle. 3. Smaller Quick Grass {A, CaninOy) 

 with a spreading tnft. 4. Low-bending Quick Qraaa {A. 

 Alba.) 5. Quick Grass (A. MuticOy) with a penicle that 

 doea not spreail. 6. Small Sweet Graas {A. Pumila^) with 

 many low creepint;^ branchea. 



Piaee. — The first is common in ploughed grounds and 

 ^Mvlaoa; the second and third are more scarce, and delight 

 lo asndy or chalky grpinda; the three oezt are alao found 

 In ploughed tields. 



