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The Seed of it cleanfes 
the Reins, and provokes 
Urine ; breaks the Stone, 
and expels it. Two Drams 
of the Seed, or more, may 
be given at a time. Mat- 
thiolus prefcribcsit forWo- 
men in Labour, in a Wo- 
man’s Milk. 
have Threads of a lig^ c 
Purple. The Seeds are 
placed in little Cups, four 
and four in a Rank $ and 
they are three-fquare. The 
Tube of the Flower bellies 
out, and ferves inftead of 
a Seed-vefTel. It grows in 
Till’d Grounds, but is rare 
in England. 
dnoun&ptN?, in Latin 
Cbamapytis vulgaris . *Tis a 
fmall Plant, of the breadth 
of an Hand, and rarely a- 
bove an Inch, or twolnch- 
es high. The Root is long, 
woody, and fingle.^ The 
little Stalk is round, hairy, 
and fomewhat red near the 
Earth ; in other Places 
green, inclining to a yel- 
low j as alfo are the 
Leaves, which are placed 
at fmall Diftaiices, at the 
Knots, by Pairs, oppofite 
to one another they are 
hairy, and refemble the 
Claws of a fmall Bird $ 
they tafte and fmell like 
Pitch and Rolin. The 
Flowers proceed from the 
Wings of the Leaves, are 
yellow, and have a broad 
Lip, divided into two parts; 
the Upper has red Spots 
inftead of an Hood j they 
It ftrengthens theNerves ; 
incides, opens, and is Diu- 
retick, and provokes the 
Courfes. It expels a dead 
Child, and the After-birth j 
and works fo powerfully, 
that Women with Child 
are wholly forbid the ufe 
of it, becaufe it occafions 
Mifcarriage. Boyl’d* in 
Wine, or powdered, and 
made into Pills, withHer- 
I modadtyls,and Venice- Tur- 
pentine, it does much Good 
in a Dropfie. Outwardly 
ufed, it cures Ulcers, by 
cleanfing them, and taking 
off the Hardncfs. Take of 
Ground-pine and Worm- 
wood, each two Handfuls j 
of Scurvy-grafs ten Hand- 
fuls, of Mountain-Sage fix 
Handfols, fix Oranges fli- 
ced ; put all into a Pye, 
made of two parts of Bar- 
ly-meal, and one of Rye § 
I bake 
