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Green ; they flnne, and 
have a ftiort Dovim, buc it 
is fcarce vifiblc. 1 he white 
Flowers are placed in a 
Circle, and each of them 
confifts of five Leaves ; the 
uppermoft are larger than 
the reft. A Pair of Seeds 
iucceed each Flower ; they 
arc long, fmooth,and black 
when they are ripe. It 
grows every where in 
Hedges, and in Orchards, 
and underTrees.lt lprings 
in the Beginning of the 
Spring, and flowers in May: 
In the Spring, when the 
Leaves are tender, Cows 
eat them greedily ; where- 
fore our Country-people 
call it Cow- weed. 
J. Bauhinus fays, he knew 
two Families, who think- 
ing they had gather’d Par- 
fnips,by chance foundthefe 
Roots in the Winter, with- 
out Leaves ; ( for they are 
more like Parfnips, than 
the Roots of the above- 
mention’d Hemlock ) and 
having eaten a few of them, 
they were like to be fuffo- 
cated ; and were fenfelcfs, 
and mad, and juft like An- 
ticks: He cured them with 
Vomits. And I remember, 
a whole , Family, fevcral 
Years ago, was ftrangcly 
furpriz’d, at a Village cal- 
led Funt ingto?i> about rwqj 
Miles from theCity of Chi - 
chejler in Sujjex y upon the 
like Occalion. But fomi 
affirm, that old Parfnipl 
will caufe the fame Sy in- 
to ms ; wherefore they cal] 
them Madmps. 
irrter]3emUc‘k,Cic7ttari\ 
Falujlri : . The Root l'mell 
molt offenfively fcti< 
when broken. 
Ipftllp, in Latin Canna 
his fativa. The Seed of ii 
boyl’d in Milk, is good fo 
a Cough. And five or fi: 
Ounces of it taken, cure 
the Jaundice: An Emulfio: 
of the Seeds docs thcSamu 
The juice of the Herb, am 
of the green Seed, cure 
Pain and Obftrudlions c 
the Ears. ’Tis fuppos’d h 
fome, that it extinguiftu 
Vencry ; but the Per fiat 
ufe it now-a-days, fries 
and mixed with Salt, t 
provoke the fame. TI 
Oyl of the Seeds, mix’ll 
with a little Wax, is exce 
lent to take out the Pa 
and Fire in Burns. Gale 
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