092 CXTLPEPEB'S COMPLBTK REBBAli 



es St. AntboDj's fire, and stajs defloxion of the blood to 

 any part of the body. 



WOODRUFFE (SQUINANCY.)-(il*p«ru^ 

 Cynanchica.) 



Callkd also Woodrow and Woodrowel. 



Deacrip,—Tht stalks grow about a foot high, square and 

 slender, and but little branched, having seven or eight 

 long green leaves, growing in a circle at every joint, with 

 little or no roughness : the flowers grow on the tops of the 

 stalks in small umbels, of little single-leaved white flowers, 

 spread like a bell, of a sweet smell ; each is succeeded by 

 two roughish seed. The root is small, slender, and creep- 

 ing under the upper surface of the earth. 



Place. — It grows in woods and copses. 



Time. — It flowers in May. 



Oovemmentand Virtues. — Mars rules it. The green herb 

 should be used. It is good in the jaundice, and all diseases 

 of the stomach and liver, opening obstructions, and caus- 

 ing appetite. Bruised, it heals fresh wounds and cuts. 



WOODRUFFE (SWEET.)— (Jj^o^rMZa Odorata.) 



Descrip. — This has a spreading fibrous root, with a 

 square stock, upright, not much branched, and eight 

 inches high : of a pale green, and slender substance. The 

 leaves, like the former, are placed at the joints in a stel* 

 lated manner, but more considerable, broader and larger ; 

 they are sharp-pointed, smooth, of a dark green. The flow- 

 ers are small and white, but a variety is found with pale 

 blue flowers. The seeds are small and round. 



Virtues. — It is nourishing and restorative, good for weak 

 consumptive people : it opens obstructions of the liver 

 and spleen, and is said to be a provocative to venery. 



WORMSEED (TRE ACLE.)-(^«m«m Cheiranthoides.) 



Descrip. — The roots are long, slender, and furnished 

 with many strings ; the leaves are long and narrow, of a 

 pale green; the stalk a yard high. It is not much branch- 

 ed, at the top grow the flowers in a spiky order; they are 

 small and yellow, and the seed-vessels resemble pea- pods, 

 only they are angular. The seed is small and brown, and 

 the whole plant very much resembles hedge mustard. 



Place. — It grows upon rotten moist grounds. 



'ISme, — It flowers in May and June. 



