Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

358 FAMILY HERBAL.
vrhich send out other smaller ; and even these last
are again divided. On the tops of the last divisions
stand the flowers with their buds, and
the seed-vessels ; so that the whole has the ap-
of a cone. The flowers are little and
pearance
white, and consist of three leaves each ; thejr
stand but a little time, and only a few are seen
together.
The seed is the part used : the plant is to be
suffered to stand, till this is thoroughly ripe, and
then cut up gently, and laid to dry two or
three days upon a tabic : a smart stroke or two,
will dislodge a great quantity of the seeds ; they
are very good against the overflowing of the
menses, find all other bleedings ; and are given
in powder, in electuaries, small doses be-
ing to be taken at a time, and often repeated.
Rue-leaved Whitlow-Grass .
rutacco folio.
Paronychia
A COMMON little plant, early in spring, on
our walls and houses, and of a very singular as-
pect ; it is red, and has pretty white flowers.
It is not more than four inches high ; the stalks
are round, upright, and a little hairy ; and they
are covered with an unctuous clamminess, which
makes them stick to the fingers
in handling. The
leaves are little, and also red ; they arc each
divided into three parts at the extremity, in
on
the
the
way of ringers : they stand irregularly
stalks, and they are thick, fleshy, and clammy
in handling. The flowers stand at the tops of
the branches ; they arc lit tie, but of a very bright
white, and look very conspicuous. The whole
plant dies away as soon as it' has ripened the seed,
and is not to be seen again till the next spring.