1S4 oulpspbr's oompistb herbal. 



uigh, and on the tops are placed the flowers. They are 

 very large and beautiful, composed of five petals of a 

 rc^mdish figure, not dented at the tops; and are of a most 

 beautiful shining yellow ; in the middle of each there is a 

 tuft of threads with yellow buttons, but smaller than in 

 cinguefoil, and of a paler yellow. 



PJdce, — It is common by road-sides, and in low pastures. 



Time. — It flowers in June. 



Oovemnient and Virtues. — This plant is under Venus, 

 mnd deserves to be universally known in medicine. It is 

 of the nature of tansy. The leaves are mildly restringent; 

 dried, and given in powder they cure agues and intermit- 

 ments; the usual dose is a table-spoonful of the powder 

 every three or four hours. The roots are more astringent 

 than the leaves, and may be given in powder, in doses of 

 a scruple or more in obstinate purgings, attended with 

 bloody stools, and immoderate menses. An infusion of the 

 leaves stops the bleeding of the piles; and, sweetened with 

 a little honey, it is an excellent gargle for sore throats. 



SIMSON (BLUE.)— (jEW^eron Acre.) 



Called also Sweet Fleabane. 



Deicrip. — The flowers stand separate, one above ano- 

 ther, alternately ; they grow in a cyliDdric cup, with awl- 

 shaped scales, placed erect, aod the rays are narrow. The 

 leaves are a dull green, and grow on a ruddy, firm, dry 

 stalk. The flowers are of a purplish blue, and never 

 spread wide open, but the rays always stand open. 



Place, — This is a perennial ; native of our high dry 

 grounds ; a strange plant that appears twice a year, and 

 wears two different aspects. 



Time. — In April we see it weak, lying on the ground, 

 and scarce six inches high : in August and September it 

 flowers a second time, and is then robust, upright, about 

 ten inches high, and carries larger flowers. 



Qovemment and Virtues. — Mars governs this plant. It 

 is a sharp acrid plant It is a rem^y for disorders of the 

 breast, if they arise from tough phlegm. Yet it is one of 

 those things that should be cautiously tampered with. 



SKIERET.— (^SttwTi Sisarum.) 



Deserip. — The root is composed of numerous, oblong, tu- 

 berous pieces, brownish on the outside, white within, and 

 of a pleasant flower. The stalk is striated, firm, branched. 



