388 OTJLPEPBR'S COMPLETE HEEBAL. 



Stalks are round, firm, upright, two and a half feet high. 

 They are large, of a bright red, at the tops of the branches. 



Place, — It is an inhabitant of our damp meadows. 



Time, — It flowers in July. 



WILLOW-HERB (MARSH.)— (J^o6ti*m Falustre,) 



Descrip. — The root has a small head, with many large 

 fibres. The first leaves are oblong, of a dead green, and 

 nointed at the ends. The stalk is round, erect, robust, 

 much branched, about two feet high. The leaves on this 

 are large and moderately broad, of a dead green, hairy, not 

 indented, fixed to the base of the stalk. The flowers are 

 numerousat the tops of the stalks, small, of a lively pale red. 



Place. — It is very common in many parts of England. 



Time, — It flowers in June. 



VirtiLes. — The flowers, stalks, roots and all, may be used. 

 They are cooling and dryiug, good to stay fluxes and loose- 

 nesses, gonorrhoea and nocturnal pollutions The leaves 

 are good to be applied to hot tumours and inflammations. 



WILLOW-HERB (MONEY.)— (ZynmacAta 

 Nummularia^ 



Descrip, — The root is knotty at the head, sending forth 

 long strings and fibres ; the stalks are tough and limber, 

 growing low, with leaves set alternately upon them, that 

 are hard, firm, full of nerves, of an oval shape, butysharp- 

 poirated at the end, about two inches long ; on the middle 

 of the back of each grows a small mossy green flower, that 

 is succeeded by the seed, which is small and brown. 



Place, — It is found in damp woods. 



Tims. — It flowers in July 



WILLOW-HERB (PURPLE MONEY.)— (Zy^macAia 

 Tenella Purpurea.) 



Descrip. — This is a tender succulent plant, very slender, 

 with many oval divided leaves, of a whitish green colour. 

 The stalks are hollow and cornered, much branched, not 

 rising very high, having on their tops long spikes of flow- 

 ers, purple above and whitish underneath, having a spur 

 in the hinder part, the footstalk being inserted in the mid- 

 dle of the flower; they are succeeded by single round seed. 



