iy4 PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



Flax. Jnglis. Lion. Gaulis, 



Jn corn lields. o. VI. 



Not to mention the great ceconomical ufe of this 

 plant in making of linen, the feeds are efteem'd 

 an excellent emollient and anodyne : they are 

 ufed externally in cataplafms, to aflliage the 

 pain of infiam'd tumors : Internally, a flight in- 

 fufion of linfeed, by v/ayof tea, is recommended 

 in coughs as an excellent perioral, and of great 

 fervice in pleurifies, nephritic complaints, and 

 fuppreflions of urine. 



* Foliis oppofitis. 



catharticum L. foliis oppofitis cvato-lanceolatis, caule dichoto- 

 2. mo, corollis acutis. Sp. pi. 40 r. (Gcr, Em. 560. 



/. 5. Pet. herb. t. SB- f- 12J 

 Purging Flax. Anglis, An caol-miofachan. Gaulisi 

 In dry pailures common. O. VI. 

 A drachm ot the dry'd plant pulveriz'd, or an in- 

 fufion of a handful of it in whey or water, is a 

 fafe purge. 



radio! a 3. L. foliis oppofitis, caule dichotomo, floribus te- 



trandris tetiagynis. Sp.pl. 402. {Oed. Ban. 178. 



opt. Raj. Syn.p. 348. t. 15./. 3. Vail, parts. L 4; 



f, 6. Ger Em. 569./. 2. pet. herb. t. 59./. 12.) 

 The leil Rupture-wort, or All-feed. Anglis. 

 In moift gravelly foils, and where water has flood 



in the Winter •, obferv'd at Y-colmnb-kill by 'Jof. 



Banks, Efquire. o. VIII. 



DROSERA.' 



