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WOAD. The leaves steeped in water till the parts are decomposed, produces a fine blue fecula, which is made into cakes, and sold to the woollen-dyers. For its culture, see p. 32. LICHEN Roccella. ORCHIL. The fine purple called orchil is extracted from this moss. LITHOSPERMUM officinale. GROMWELL. The roots afford a fine red, which is used by the young girls in Sweden to colour their faces.
These are used in poultices. The good housewife doctors cut the roots in slices and steep them in brandy; and they are said to be an excellent remedy for all bruises and green wounds: for which purposes it is applied by them with considerable effect. LITHOSPERMUM officinale. GROMWELL. The Seeds. These are roundish, hard, and of a whitish colour, like little pearls.
The stony seeds of the gromwell were, also, used in cases of stone a plant formerly known as lichwale, or, as in a MS. of the fifteenth century, lythewale, stone-switch.
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