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leaves are narrow, oblong, and pointed. Thej grow at the 

 joints without footfitaiks b*»low, but alteruatfly alK)ve, aud 

 yet sometirnes three are found at a joint ; their colour is a 

 grassy i^^reen. The flowers are small, of a pale red ; they 

 grow on long footstalks, which rise with the leavea The 

 seed-vessels are rouud, and the seeds small aud browu. 



Place. — Itisfoundindampplacesin the westof England. 



Time, — It flowers in July. 



WILLOW-HERB( YELLOW.)--(i^o6iwm Lysimachia,) 



Descrip. — This grows very large, and resembles in its 

 form common yellow Loosestrife, for which it is often mis- 

 taken. The stem is thick, hrm, upright, hard, four feet 

 high, and towards the top it sends out a few branches 

 which rise from the joints. The leaves grow two or more 

 at a place, without footstalks ; they are large, broa<lest in 

 the middle, and pointed at the end, of a beautiful green. 

 The flowers are numerous, large, aud of a beautiful gold 

 yellow ; they have tive petals, aud buttons iu the threads. 



Place, — Itisnotunfrequeutly found wild by water-sides. 



Time. — Its time of flowering is from May to July. 



Virtues, — This the most powerful of the whole speciea. 

 It opens obst notions of the liveraud spleen, provokes urine, 

 is good for the dropsy, if infused in common drink. The 

 ashes infused in ale or wine, are used against the same 

 distemper, causing great discharges of water by urine. 



WILLOW-TREE.— (>Sa/ir Alba.) 



Descrip. — The White Willow grows to be a large tree. 

 The bark is rough, of a pale brown colour on the trunk, 

 but on the branches it is whitish grey. The leaves are 

 long, narrow, sharp- pointed, and light green. The catkins 

 are orown. 



Place, — It is common by water-sides all over the land. 



Time. — The flowers appear early in spring. 



Oovemmejit and Virtues. — The Moon owns it The 

 leaves, bark, and seed are used to stanch the bleeding of 

 wounds, and at mouth and nose, spitting of blood, and 

 other fluxes of blood in man or woman, to stay vomiting, 

 and the provocation thereto, if the decoction of them in 

 wine be drunk. It helps to stay thin, hot, sharp, salt dis- 

 tillations from the head upon the lungs, causing consump- 

 tion. The leaves bruised with pepper, and drank in winQ, 

 help in the wind-colic Water that is gathered from the 



