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ROCKET (PURPLE SEA-)— (CoK?*? Mantima.) 



Called also Red Banny. 



Deacrip, — This is a tall plant, with long leaves deeply di- 

 vided into segments; they have large veins, and are of a deep 

 green. The stalk is thick, tough, and of a pale green. The 

 flowers are purple, and grow in spikes on the tops of the 

 stalks. It has a very di^reeable smell. 



Place. — It is an annual, frequent in salt-marshes, and 

 about the sea-coast in Cornwall, and the Isle of Man. 



Time, — It flowers in July. 



OovemmerU and Virtue*. — It is a martial plant, of a hot 

 nature, and bitterish taste, opening and attenuating, good 

 to cleanse the lungs of tough viscid phlegm, and of great 

 service in asthmas, and difficulty of breathing ; and is often 

 used as an emetic, and to help the jaundice and dropsy. 



ROCKET (WILD.)— (^"^ SylveitrU.) 



Descrip. — This has long narrow leaves, divided into slen- 

 der cuts and ja£^s on both sides of the middle rib more than 

 the garden kinds ; of a sad green colour, from among which 

 rise stalks two or three feet high, set with the like yellow 

 leaves, but smaller upwards, branched in the middle into 

 stiff stalks, bearing yellow flowers on them, made of four 

 leaves each, as the others are, which afterwards yield small 

 reddish seed, in small long pods, of a more bitter and hot 

 taste than the garden kinds, as the leaves are also. 



Place. — It is found wild in several parts of this country. 



Time. — It flowers about June or July, and the seed is 

 ripe in August. 



Oovemment and Virtues. — This plant is forbidden to be 

 ased alone, because its sharpness strikes into the head, 

 causing aches and pains therein. It serves to help digestion, 

 and provokes urine abundantly. The seed cures the cites of 

 venomous reptiles, and other poisons, and expels worms and 

 other noisome creatures that breed in the belly. The herb 

 boiled or stewed, and sugar added, helps the cough in chil- 

 dren, if taken often. The seed taken in drink, carries away 

 the ill-scent of the arm-pits, increases milk in nurses, and 

 wastes the spleen. The seed mixed with honey, and used on 

 the face, cleanses the skin from morphew, and used with 

 vinegar takes away freckles and redness of the face, and 

 other parts; and with the i^ll of an ox, it amends foul scars. 

 black and blue spots, and the marks of the small-pox. 



