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Rock-Parsley

Description. This has a long striated stalk, with small grassy leaves, of a pale green, and they are in a very elegant manner divided into narrow and pointed segments. It grows about a foot or more high, upright, and very much branched. The flowers stand at the top of all the branches, so that the plant appears covered with them: they are small and yellow. The seed is brown, and the root is long and slender, and hung about with several fibres. This has been called by some hog's-fennel.

Place. It is frequent upon the hills and exposed situations of this country, particularly in the north, and upon St. Vincent's rock at Bristol. Time. It flowers in August.

Virtues. The seeds of this plant is all that is used of it in medicine. They are milder and less acrid than the tall fennel seed, and are therefore oftener used; it is best given in powder. It increases the secretion by the kidneys, promotes the menstrual discharge, and is good in the cholic and gravel. It likewise stands recommended for the dropsy and jaundice.