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good for griping and cholick pains, ariiing from fharp humoursi! 
It is outwardly ufed in fomentations or fumij^ations. They are 
reckon’d a fpecifick againft the fvvelling of the hsemoirhoids or 
piles, 
Blattaria. The leaves are placed alternately : 
The empalement is monophy lions, and expanded 
like a ftar : The flower is monopetalous, wheel- 
fhap’d, and cut into five fegments : The bot- 
toms, clofely furrounding the ovary, are covered 
with a fine down, and inclofe five chives : They 
adhere to long pedicles, and grow in a long 
thyrfe : The fruit is round, divided into two 
cells, full of fmall feeds. We have but one fpe- 
cies of this plant, viz, 
Blattaria lutea,^ R . 2 8 8 . Lute a folio longo laciniato^ 
C. 240. Blatt.Plinii,, G. 633, Flore luteo^ R. 64, 
Yellow Moth Mullein, with a long jagged leaf. 
3d, Fhofe that have their feed-vejfels divided into a 
great many cells, • • 
PoLEMONiuM, Greek Valerian. The leaves are 
pennated, and grov/ alternately ; The flower is 
monopetalous, wheel-fhaped, and cut into five 
fegments : The fruit is round, divided into three 
ceils, containing iongifii feeds. We have but 
one fpccies of this plant, viz, 
Polemonium vulgar e c^ruleum ^ album,, R. 288. 
Valeriana Cicrulea,, C. 164. Gr^eca^ G. 918, P. 122. 
Greek Valerian, Ladder to tUaven. At Malhani 
cove, near Settle,, in Torkjhire, At Kendal,, in Weft- 
moreland, by the eafb-fide of the river Kent,, between 
the Mill-race and Krk-duh -f. The ftalks are about 
two foot high, branched, and fet with fingle leaves : 
At certain intervals, near the tops of the fiialks and 
branches, the flowers ftand clofe together upon fnort 
fiender pedicles, bending downwards ; of a beauti- 
ful blue colour, fometimes whiite. 
Ox Ys, W Qod-forrel. Tlie flower is monopetalous, 
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