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PHYSICAL PLANTS. 
ISciestwe See pop- 
lar. 
Bajlard 0COJU0, See the 
yellow Water Flower-de- 
luce. 
^DDersktonpe , in 
Latin Ophioglofum. The 
Root has many thick Fi- 
bres, bound together 3 e- 
fpccially if it grows in 
good Ground. It taftes at 
firft fweet, but leaves an 
Acrimony andBitternefs on 
the Palate. It has a tender 
Stalk, about an Hand high, 
Which fuftains one Leaf, 
that is Oyly, and without 
A 
Nerves 3 fbmetimes narrow 
and fomewhatlong, fome- 
times broad fomewhat 
round and eredl ; of a 
fweetifhand clammy tafte. 
A two-fork’d Tongue rifes 
from the Leaf where ’tis 
joyn’d to the Stalk, which 
grows fharp by degrees, 
and is a little indented. 
’Tis common in Meadows, 
and moift Paftures. It 
fprings in April, and fades 
in July. 
’Tis an excellent Wound- 
Herb, either taken inward- 
ly, or outwardly applied. 
For Ruptures, or Burften 
Bellies, Take as much of 
B the 
