CULPEPER'S COMPLETE HERBAL

CREEPING WILLOW-HERB

Description. The root of this is small and fibrous; the stalks are round, weak, and slender; they trail upon the ground and take root as they lie, onlypart of them approaching to an erect posture. The leaves stand regularly in pairs; they are short, broad, and of an oval figure, pointed at the ends, smooth, round, of a deep green colour; and those towards the topsof the stalks are smaller and narrower. The flowers are small, and of a pale red. It obtains its name because it is frequently found in the mountains of Switzerland.

Place. With us it grows in woods and meadows.

Time. It flowers early in summer.

Virtues. The roots of this species are believed to have the same virtues of the following; but they are very rarely used in England.