H E 
H E ( n 
fcckons, that the Virtues 
t Hemlock ard Hemp are 
huch the fame. 
|. Common ^Cmp agftmO- 
np, in Latin Euptorium 
xannalinum. I he Root 
grows awry, and has large, 
kvhitiih Fibres. The Stalk 
is five or fix Foot high, 
(freight, round, has Cotton 
on it, and is purplilh, and 
full of white Pith ; it has 
an Aromatick Smell when 
it is cut, and has many 
Wings. There arc many 
Leaves upon the Stalks, 
three upon one Foot-ftalk, 
fomething like the Leaves 
of Hemp, oblong, pointed, 
and indented about the 
Edges, and of a bitterTafte. 
The Flowers are placed on 
tufts, compos’d of five or iix 
fmall purple Flowers. The 
Seeds when ripe, fly away 
with the Down. It grows 
on the Banks of Rivers and 
Brooks, and near Stand- 
ing-waters, It flowers in 
July* 
’TisEpatick and Vulne- 
rary. ’Tis chiefly ufed for 
| an ill Habit of Body ; for 
Catarrhs, and Coughs ; for 
Obftru&ions of Urine, and 
1 \ 
che Courlcs. It cures the 
Jaundice. Take of the 
Leaves of Hemp, Agrimo- 
ny, Harts-tonguc, Speeds 
well, Colts-foot, Moufe- 
ear, and Sanicle, each one 
Handful ; of the Roots of 
Madder and Charvil, each 
one Ounce ; of Barley half 
an Ounce, of Red Vetches 
half an Ounce, of Raiiins 
of the Sun an Ounce and 
an half ; boyl them in two 
Quarts of Fountain-water, 
till half is confum’d; fweet- 
en it with Hony. This is 
ufed in an Empyema . 
Common UCtt-battP, in 
Latin Hyofcyavius vulgaris. 
’Tis ealily known by its 
(linking Smell.Thc Leaves 
arc fofr, downy, fat, and 
cut deep about the edges, 
and are plac’d diforderly 
upon the Stalks, which are 
two Foot high, branchy 
thick, and cover’d with a 
thick Down. The Flow- 
ers fcarce appear above the 
Husk, they end in five 
round Points, they grow 
one above another, are oi 
a dull yclIowColour,fome- 
what pale towards the 
Edges ; they have many 
purplilh Veins. The Seed 
