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expectorants in asthmtical ooea, where the lungs or sto- 

 mach are oppressea by tough viecid phlegm, or injured bj 

 the imprudent use of opiates. Being disagreeable in taste, 

 it is given in the form of pill, made of the powdered root 

 beaten into a mass, with the addition of syrup, or mucil- 

 age of gum arabic. 



STAR- WORT (GARDEN.)— (ila^«r Hortense.) 



Descrip, — This grows to about a foot and a half high, 

 with hairy leaves set on the branches, without order : to- 

 ward the top it is divided into three or four branches, at 

 the end of which j/rows a yellow flower like a marigold, 

 but with a broader thrum and narrower petala ; close un- 

 der each dower grow six or seven stiff roundish leaves, in 

 form of a star, whence it takes its name ; the seed is ob- 

 long, thin, and fiat, of a blackish colour: the root is small 

 and fibrous, perishiui^ every year. 



Place.— it is a native of the southern part of £urope, 

 and grows in this couotry only in gardens. 



Place. — It flowers iu July. 



Oovemmient and Vi-tiies. — This is under the dominion 

 of Mercury. The leaves are only used, which are com- 

 mended against buboes and swellings in the groin. 



STAJt-WORT (SEA.)-'{A8ter Tripoliurx,) {Tripolium 

 Vulgare.) 

 De^erip. — This grows spontaneously in the fields. It is 

 a perennial; native of our damp grounds near the sea, and 



nt rivers; a handsome plant, of a yard high, with a rud- 

 •rancheiJ stalk. The leaves are smooth, narrow, of a fine 

 green. The flowers are numerous, large, and blue. 

 Time. — They bloom in August 



Oovemment orM Virtue*. — This is under the dominion 

 of Mercury. The leaves are cooling, and good for burns, 

 •calds, and inflammations, in any part. The seed is nar- 

 ootic and soporiferoua, and rarely used. A slight tincture 

 or infusion of the plant promotes perspiration, and is good 

 in feverish complaiuU. The juice boiled into a syrup with 

 honey, is excel leut in asthmatical complainta, ana other 

 disorders of the lungs ; and outwardly applied, is a cure 

 for the itch, and other cutant'ous disorders. 



STAR- WORT (SPRING-WATER. )—(Ca//i:rri:cAtf Vema.) 



Descrip. — This ia like Fleaimue, but smaller. The root 



is small and fibrous ; the stalk is round, reddish, upright, 



