S3i OULPBFBR'S OOMPLBTE HBRBAU 



them, like those from the root; but they are smaller. The 

 flowers are moderately large, and grow in umbels like those 

 of hemlock chervil; tney are white, with very little smelL 



Place, — It is common in corn-fields. 



Time. — It flowers in August. 



Oovernment and Virtues. — This is under Venus. When 

 taken as a medicine, it operates by urine, and is good 

 against obstructions of the viscera. 



SHEPHEED'S NEEDLE (ROVQR.y^Chafropht/Uum 

 Temulentum.) 



Called also Hemlock-CherviL 



Descrip. — This ^ows from a long, slender, white fibrous 

 root, witn finely divided leaves, which are deeply serrated, 

 of a pale green. The stalk is round, upright, green, and a 

 yard high. The flowers grow in little umbels on the tope 

 of the branches, surrounded by slender leaves, forming a 

 kind of cup. The seeds are small, brown, and striated. 



Place. — It is common in hedges, on ditch banks, and in 

 gardens. 



Time. — It is an annual, and flowers in May. 



Oovernment and Virtues. — It is under Venus, and should 

 be gathered when that planet is in exaltation. It is hot 

 and dry, comforting the nead and stomach, and helping ver- 

 tiginous disorders. It is likewise a good deobstruent, open- 

 ing obstructions of the womb, and procuring the catamenia. 



SHEPHERD'S l^VBJaE.-{Capsella Bursa Pastarit.) 



Descrip. — The root is small, white, and perishes yearly. 

 The leaves are small and long, of a pale green colour, and 

 deeply cut in on both sides, among which spring up a stalk 

 which is small and round, containing small seed upon it 

 even to the top. The flowers are very small and white ; 

 after which come the little cases which hold the seeds, 

 which a|p flat, almost in the form of a heart. 



P/oce.— They frequent the path-ways of this country. 



Time. — They flower all the summer , dome twice a year. 



Oovernment and Virtues. — It is uurhr the dominion of 

 Saturn, and of a cold, dry, binding nature. It helps all 

 fluxes of blood, caused by either inward or outward wounds; 

 as also flux of the belly, and bloody-flux, spitting and void- 

 ing of blood, and stops the terms in wonjen ; if bound to the 

 wrists, or the soles of the feet, it helps the jaundice. The 

 herb coade into poultice, helps inflammation and St. Antho 



