102 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
The Flowers ftand, or rather hang, all on one 
Side of the Stalk in a kind of loofe Spike ; they 
are fmall and yellow, and grow two together. 
The Seeds of which follow thefe are large, and 
have fomething of the Afpect of Wheat from whence 
the Plant has its odd Name. 
Thefe Seeds are the Part ufed, they are tobe | 
dried and given in Powder, but in_ fmall Dofes, a 
They have Virtues which few feem to imagine; 
oo area high Cordial and Provogative to Venety; 
but if given in too large a Dofe, they occafion the 
Head-ach, and a ftrange -Giddinefs. I knew 
an Inftance of a Woman who had boiled the freth 
Tops of the Plant in a large Quantity in Water, 
asa Remedy for the Jaundice, ] know not by 
what Information, and having drank this in large 
Draughts, was as a Perfon drunk and out of het 
Senfes, the complained of Numbnefs in het 
Limbs, and feemed in Danger of her Life, se 
Nature recovered her after a few Flours” 
out other saree, . PE 
2ethe RAB TRE ae ee 3 = is 
~MALUS SYLVESTRIS. 
Acoma Hedge Shrub, and when i in Flower 
~ very beautiful. . The Trunk is uneven, and 
the Bark rough ; the* ‘Branches are knotty, the 
Wood is firm, and the Bark of a dark Colour 3 the 
_ Leaves are broad and fhort, the Flowers are large 
and redifh,. -yery beautiful and Bet, and 
Ee isa fmall” Apple. . 
-_ Verjuice is ‘made from the Crab, “ad it 
Remedy for the falling down of the Uvula,. 
ter than moit other Ay plications 5 it. is alfo good 
againit fore aoe 5: ind of 
Mouth ae Pee: 
