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VALERIAN (WATER,)— (Valeriana Aquatiecu) 



Desorip. — The roots are long, slender, and creeping, 

 sending out a few small white fibres. The leaves which 

 spring from them are almost round, but somewhat point- 

 ed. The leaves which grow on the stalks, are like those of 

 the garden kind, but less. We have two species of this Vale- 

 rian, one rises higher than the other, having three pairs of 

 leaves set opposite; the umbels grow closer, and the flow- 

 ers are a great deal smaller than the other, which rise not 

 80 high, and has but two pairs of leaves on the stalks. The 

 flowers are much larger, and like the garden Valerian, but 

 of a uale purple colour, as are also the former. 



Place, — They grow promiscuously in marshy grounds 

 and moist meadows. 



jr»TO«.~They flower in May. 



VALERIAN (TRUE WlhD,y-( Valeriana Si/lveetrit,) 



Descrip — This has a root divided into several white 

 thick strings, of no scent when taken out of the ground, 

 but smelling very strong when dry. The stalks rise about 

 a yard high, hollow, and channelled, having several long 

 winged leaves, whose pinnae are long, sharp-pointed, and 

 serrated about the edge»y high- veined, and rather hairy ; 

 the leaves which grow on the stalks are narrow. The flow- 

 ers are of a purple colour ; both flowers and seeds are 

 shaped like the garden Valerian. It grows in woods and 

 dry places ; and flowers in May. 



Pf ace.— It is found on dry heaths and in high pastures. 



Virtues. — The root has a strong and disagreeable smell, 

 warm to the taste, bitter, and a little acrid. In habitual 

 costiveness, it is an excellent medicine, and will loosen the 

 belly when other purgatives prove inefl'ectual. It is excel- 

 lent against nervous affections, such as head-aches, trem- 

 bling, palpitations, vapours, and hysteric complaints. 



VERVAIN {COM.M.O^.)—( Verbena OJicinalie.) 



Descrip. — This has broad leaves next the ground, deep- 

 ly crashed about the edges, of a blackish green colour on 

 the upper side, somewhat greyish underneath. The stalk 

 is square, branched into several parts, rising about two 

 feet high, with a long spike of flowers of a blue colour and 

 white in^rraixed, after which come small round seeds in 

 small rather long heads ; the root ia small, but of no qm. 



