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The Ufeful Family Herbal, 131 
DwarRP Etper. 
EBULUS. 
A Plant fo much refembling the common Elder 
Tree, that it may be eafily miftaken for it 
till examined. It grows four or five Feet hi 
The Stalks are green, round, tender, and uprigke 
and they have very much the Appearance of the 
young Shoots of Elder, but there is no woody 
art from whence they rife, the Leaves are large, 
and compofed of feveral Pairs of others, as thofe 
of Elder, with an odd one at the End; but thefe 
are longer than in the Elder, and they are ferrated 
round the Edges. The Flowers are fmall and 
3 white, but they ftand in very large Clufters or 
Umbels, juft as thofe of the Elder; and they are 
fucceeded by Berries which are black when ripe, 
but that is a Condition in which we feldom fee 
them, for the Birds aré fo fond of them, they eat 
them as they come to Maturity. The Root is 
white and creeping, and the whole Plant dies down 
3 every Year to the Ground. 
It is wild in England, but not common, a great 
Quantity of it grows at the Back of Cupers Gar- 
dens. It may be dried: But the beft Way of 
rene in the Juice, This works ftrongly | 
by Stool and Urine, and has often ¢yred 
Dr fi | : ; = Pegs” ~ 
Dver’s WEED. 
LUTFEOL A: 
& Ver fin lar and pretty wild Plant; it grows 
A tay anks and upon Wallis, andis known 
at fight by its upright Staiks, and very 
PER ADEE ot mane th ar The Stalk is thick, 
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