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m, P. 6 10. Ncdofa fotida^ t. ^35. Corttmon 
knobby-rooted Figwort. In woods ^nd hedges. 
The root is grunious : The leaves are oblong, lllkp- 
pointed, and lerrated about the edges. 
3. Scrophularia Scorodoni^ folio ^ R. *283. Fig- 
wort, with the leaves of Water Germander. A- 
bout St Ives^ in CornwaL . 
4. Scrophularia major i cauUbus^ foliis & floribus 
dibus ^ R. *283. Figwort, with green leaves 
and flowers. Foitnd near Cumner, This plant has 
nothing of brownnefs in its colour. 
The root is accounted good for fcrophulous tumours, dr the 
‘ Icing’s evil in any part of the body ; as alfo for the pain and 
fweiling of the hsemorrhoides, or piles, either ufed inwardly 
or outwatdly j and fot cancerous ftubborn ulcers. 
Digitalis, Fox-gloVe. The leaves grow alternate- 
ly : The empalement is monophyllous, and cut 
into five long and large fegments : The flower 
is monopetalous, tubulous, and a little cdmpref- 
fed ; oval at the brim, and reflecfed, having 
four chives : The fruit is oblong and pointed, 
divided into two cells full of fmall feeds. Wc 
have but one fpecies of this plant, viz, 
* Digitalis purpurea^ R.*283, G. 647. purpurea 
vulgaris^ P.653, purp, folio afpero, C, Pur- 
ple FoX-glove. The flowers are fometimes white; 
An ointment, made of the flowers and May butter, is very 
tnuch commended by the late Dr Hulfe for fcrophulous ulcers, 
which run much, and are full of matter ; dreffing them with 
the ointment, and purging them ttvo or three times a week with 
convenient purges. 
Pedicular IS, Loufewort. The leaves grow by 
pairs, and are crenated : The flowers are mono- 
petalous, anomalous, perfonated, fifttilous, and 
divided into two lips : The upper lip is crefted, 
and the under one trifedfed : The fruit is divided 
into two cells, gapes two ways,' and h full of oh- 
iong, or flat and broad feed&. The fpecies are : 
X j. Pedh 
