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of grows a purple thrum- 
my , or fibrous Flower. 
The Root is thick and 
ihort, it grows commonly 
in every fertile Pafture. It 
flowers in June and Jul y. 
It is of the Nature of 
Scabious, of which it is a 
kind, and therefore of the 
like faculties with it, but 
not fo. proper in Phyfick.- 
’Tis commended for the 
Swellings or the Uvula, 
as is Devils-bit, but of 
lefs force and Virtue than 
it. ’Pis very bitter, a- 
ftringent , and fmoaky. 
Outwardly it is Vulnera- 
ry. And good for Scabs, 
Itch, and Ulcers ; the 
Root is Milkyv 
L. 
C Ommon 
ftCatU, in Latin Gal- 
lium lutcum vul gave. 1 his 
Ladies-bed : ftraw riles up 
with feveral fmall, brown 
and fquare, upright Stalks, 
a Yard high, or more ; 
fometimes branch’d forth 
into many Parts, full of 
Joints, and with feveral 
very fmall, fine Leaves at 
every one of them, little, 
or not all rough. Ac 
foe Tops of the Branches 
grow many long Tufts, or 
Branches of yellow Flow- 
ers, let very thick together, 
pne above another ; they 
fmcll pretty ltrong and re- 
finous. The Seed is fmall 
and black ; and two, for 
the moil part, joyn’d toge- 
ther. The Root is red- 
difh, and has many fmall 
Fibres. 
The Tops of it turn 
Milk, like Rennet. The 
Herb, or the Powder of 
it, (tops Bleeding ; and is 
commended for Cancerous 
Ulcers. 
JlaDteS-maiUle, in La- 
tin A/cbimilla. It has a 
Root of the thicknefs of the 
Little Finger, or Thumb, 
confifting of many Fibres, 
that arc aftringent, and 
drying. Some thin, hair) 
Stalks arife, branching out 
about nine Inches high; 
upon which there are fmall 
Flowers, of a Grafs-colour, 
placed in a Circle ; each 
confifts of eight Leaves , 
four large, and four fmajl , 
placed alternately ; in the 
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