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Common- 2Dj0p*toO#, or 
Filipendula , in Larin /;'// 
pendula. R has ma ny 
Roots; black without, anc 
white within. The Fibres 
ot it are bulbous. It has 
manyLeavesat the Roots; 
they are long, wing’d, and 
indented almoft likeBur- 
net-Saxifrage. The Stalk 
is molt commonly fingle 
upright, nine Inches, or a* 
or higher, chan- 
nel d branchy, with a few 
Leaves on it. The Flow- 
ers are placed on the top 
of the Stalk, in a Tuft • 
they fmcll fweet and are I 
white ; they con/ift of fc- | 
verai Leaves. Eleven or" 
twelve Seeds, more or lefs, 
arc placed in the form of 
a Star. It grows in Mea- 
dows, and Hilly Paftures. 
the niimoclerateFJux of the 
Lhi Id-bed PurgationsrThc 
Vote is, one Dram of the 
Root in Wine. It alfo 
cures the Bloody Flux, and 
Ruptures. 
The Root attenuates , 
and is fomewhat aftrin- 
gent. A Dccodtion of it 
provokes Urine, and ex- 
pels Gravel : It cures the 
Heat of Urine, and takes 
off the difficulty of it. 
I he Powder of the Root, 
and the Juice of it, is com- 
mended by fome, in the 
Fa ling-Sicknefs: ‘Tis ex- 
cellent for the Whites, and 
Common ®0Ue’$,#O0t , 
or Cr^s-bill, i n Latin Ge- 
ranium Columbinnm vulrare. 
It has feveral fmall,round> 
pale-green Leaves, cut in 
about the Edges, like Mal- 
lows: They are placed up- 
on long, reddilh, hairy 
Stalks lying on rhcGround, 
among which rife up two 
I or three, or more, reddifh, 
jointed, {lender, weak and 
hairy Stalks, with fome 
fuch like Leaves thereon, 
but fmaller, and more cut 
in. It has many very fmall, 
bright, red Flo wers,of five 
Leaves a-piece;after which 
follow fmall Heads, with 
fmall,fliortBeaks,pointing 
forth, as all other Sorts of 
this Kind of Herbs have. 
*Tis very Vulnerary, ei- 
ther outwardly applied, or 
taken inwardly. It {tops a 
Flux of Blood, and refolves 
coagulatedBlood: It clean- 
fes Wounds and Ulcers; It 
expels gravel j and cafes 
the 
