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five Leaves $ ' they are 
placed on long Foot-ftalks. 
After the Flowers, come 
Heads of Seeds , • firft 
greenifh, then* reddifh , 
and laft of a purple Co- 
lour. The Juice is red- 
difh. 
It flops Blood, and is 
an excellent Vulnerary 
Plant, taken inwardly, or. 
outwardly applied. 
2Dttap-l)ia$0, in Latin 
Bi folium filvejlrc. 
It hath many fmall Fi- 
bres, faftned unto a fmall 
Knot or Root , from 
which rifeth up a flender 
Stem or Stalk, tender, fat, 
full of Juice , in the 
middle whereof are pla- 
ced in order two broad 
Leaves , Ribb’d and 
in fhape ‘ like the 
Leaves of Plantain ; upon 
the top of the Stalk grows 
a flender greemfli Spike 
compofed of many fmall 
Flowers, each little Flow- 
er refembling a Gnat f, 
or little Gofling newly 
Hatch'd. 
It Taftes Sweet, Muci- 
laginous, and a little a- 
crid, or biting. It is pro- 
bably of the Orchis kind: 
Its Vertue lies in the 
Mucilage, or Acrid Bi- 
ting i by both which it ! 
may be outwardly E- I 
mollient , and inwardly I 
Diuretick. 
V. 
ArdenMtiitXm in 
O Latin Valeriana hor- 
tcnfis. The Root and Herb 
are very Diuretick. Half 
a Spoonful of the Powder 
of the Root, before the 
Stalk fprings, taken once 
or twice, in Wine, Water, 
or Mi Ik, relieves thofe that 
are feiz’d with the Falling- 
licknefs. And Sylvius rec- 
kons it more effedlual in 
this Cafe, than the Roots 
of Male - Peony. The 
Leaves bruis’d, are com- 
monly applied’ to flight 
Wounds ; upon which 
Account it is called Cut- 
finger . It purges upwards 
and downwards. 
Common 
