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ON THE MUSTAUD PLANT 
That the phrase, the least of all seeds, means no more 
than very httle among seeds, or a very little seed, is evi- 
dent from two similar phrases used by our Lord — " There 
hath not risen among men a greater prophet than John 
the baptist, and yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is 
greater than he." Matth. xi. 11. Again, " He that shall 
break one of the least of these my commandments, and 
teach men so, he shall be least in the kingdom of heaven 
Matth. V. 32. 
These two phrases, similar to the one under considera- 
tion, countenance the idea, that though one person in the 
kingdom of heaven^ or one commandment of Christ, may 
be strictly and literally the least ; yet no more is intended, 
than a little person, or a little commandment. 
The soundness of this interpretation is confirmed by the 
contrast betwixt the person that taught men to break Christ's 
commandments, and him that taught men to keep them. 
Of the latter it is said, he shall be great in the kingdom of 
heaven, in opposition to the former, who might be called 
little^ though the term least is used. 
The same account, which we have given of the least of 
all seeds, is to be given of the greatest among herbs. By 
that phrase no more is intended, than a very great herb, or 
an herb great in comparison of the seed from which it 
grew ; though, mathematically speaking, there might be 
greater herbs from smaller seeds,, if they had been known 
or attended to. 
Lachanon is defined, in Turton's Medical Glossary, to 
be any cultivated or garden herb. Such an herb gets this 
name from lachaino to dig, because the earth is digged, in 
order that it may reach its full growth at the proper time. 
Lachaneuo, with which lachanon is connected, signifies — to 
gather herbs, to live on herbs, to be good for eating as 
herbs. That lachanon is an eatable herb, is confirmed by 
