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■use. The Ruta-muraria has also been used in affec- 
tions of the lungs. It is the Doradille des murs of 
the French, a sirx-nuov, Asplenon, Asplenium, ; lienis 
expers, curat lienosos, it cures disorders of the spleen. 
Gerarde, in his Herbal of 1597, gives it another use. 
He says The Ruta-muraria, or Salvia vitce, is 
good for them that be troubled with paines or stitches 
in their sides.” 
Where found. — At the present time it is not 
easy to say where. In by-gone years the village of 
Salcombe was full of it, but many old walls to which 
it clung have given place to new. Nevertheless, a 
careful search may still find it. I know two or three 
roots not a hundred miles from Sidmouth ; but if I 
tell you perhaps you will destroy them. But I know 
two or three others, and I will confide to you the 
secret. They grow in tufts from twenty to seventy 
feet high on the south side of Sidmouth church 
tower. You may have them and welcome ; but when 
you look up, perhaps you will say they are sour. 
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