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Knotted Hedge-Parsley

Description. This is a smaller plant than the formes, it not growing more than a foot high. The leaves are pinnated, and resemble those of the former, only they are of a paler green. The stalk is also striated, and the flowers grow in umbelliferous heads amidst the leaves; they are smaller, and of a paler purple.

Place. It is found in our southern counties, but is not common. Time. It flowers in July and August.

Government and virtues. The seeds are carminative, and they work also by urine. They were used to be kept in the shops, but they are now rarely to be met with. They operate both upwards and downwards, and that in so violent a manner, as to be frequently productive of dangerous symptoms. There are, however, several instances of people troubled with dropsical and rheumatic complaints, being cured by the use of them.

COMMON STONE PARSLEY, SMALL STONE PARSLEY, SMOOTH STONE PARSLEY. Description. These plants have the flowers umbelliferous, a on few branches, with numerous subdivisions; there are some narrow leaves, both at the base of the larger branches and of the smaller. The first has white flowers, but the other two are pale purple; the leaves are of a good green, and deeply notched; the whole plant grows to about a foot long, and the seeds are oblong, rough, small, and brown.

Place. They are but rarely found in the neighbourhood of London. There are some growing near Aylesbury and Kingston.

Time. They flower in June, and the seed is ripe soon after. Government and virtues. All the parsleys are under Mars. The seeds contain an essential oil, and will frequently care intermitting fevers or agues. A strong decoction of the roots is a powerful diuretic, and assists in removing obstructions of the viscera. It is good against the jaundice and gravel, and moderately promotes the menses.