Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

FAMILY HERBAL. 309
square, and a little hairy ; the leaves stand in pairs
it, but there are seldom more than two gr
upon
three pair, the great quantity
of them rise imme-
ciiaieiy from the root ; they are 1
bhint at the point, ami not at all
oblong ,
indented
broad,
at the
( 'dgos. The flowers are small; they stand in ft
kind of short spikes or heads: the cups of them
are often purplish. The root is small and creep-
ing and full of fibres. The juice
of self-heal
is astringent : it is irood against pur