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LY DEADLY NIGHTSHADE. 
Description. THE flower is bell-fhaped ; it hath a permanent empalement of 
one leaf, cut into five parts ; it hath five ftamina rifing from the bafe of the petal ; in 
the centre is fituated an oval germen, which becomes a globular berry, having two 
cells fitting on the empalement, and filled with kidney-fhaped feeds. It is of a cold 
nature; in fome it caufeth fleep ; in‘others madnefs, and, fhortly after, death. 
This plant fhould not be fuffered to grow in any places where children refort, for. 
it is a {trong poifon ; ‘feveral inftances having happened where children have beer 
killed by eating the berries. 
There is a remarkable inftance of the direful effects of this plant recorded in Bu- 
chanan’s Hiftory of Scotland ; wherein he gives an account of the deftruction of the 
army of Sweno, when he invaded Scotland, by mixing a quantity of the juice of 
thefe berries in the drink which the Scots, by the truce, were to fupply them with; 
this fo intoxicated the Danes, that the Scots fell upon them in their fleep, and killed 
the greateft part of them; fo that there were fcarcely men enough left to carry off | 
their king, 
. WOODY NIGHTSHAD 
CALLED alfo bitter fweet, dulcamara, and amara dulcis, 
Piace. It grows by the fides of hedges, and in moift ditches, climbing upon the 
bufhes; with winding, woody, but brittle, ftalks. 
- Time. Itis perennial, and flowers in June and July. 
Virturs. The roots and ftalks, on firft chewing them, yield a confiderable bit- 
ternefs, which is foon followed by an almoft honey-like fweetnefs ; and they have 
been recommended in different diforders, as high refolvents and deobftruents. 
Their fenfible operation is by fweat, urine, and ftool ; the dofe from four to fix 
ounces of a tincture made by — four to fix ounces of the twigs in a quart ‘of: 
white wine. ; 
Um MAVEL- WORT, os PENNY-WORT. 
Names anp Kinps. IT is called ambilicus veneris and berba conendicum, There, ta 
are feven different kinds. sista ge 
Description anp Virturs. I The {mall navel-wort is moift ae fo 
cold and binding. Itcogleth and repelleth, fcoureth and confumeth, = 
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