The Ufeful Family Herbal. x76 
Things for the fame Purpofe at Hand, that thefe 
are not much regarded, ave 
Hrepce MustTarp. 
ERYSIMUM. 
A Very common wild Plant, and of no great 
Beauty; it is frequent about old Walls, and 
in Farm Yards, and is diftinguifhed by its dong 
Spikes of Pods, which are ledged clofe upon the 
Stalk. -It grows two Feet in Height, the Stalk 
is round, firm, upright, but -not always quite 
ftrait, and a little branched. ‘The Leaves are of 
@ pale green Colour, hairy, oblong, and deeply 
indented at the Edges. The Flowers are {mall 
and yellow, and they commonly ftand at the Tops 
of long Spikes of Pods, which have been Flowers 
. ore them. 
_ _ The whole Plant is ufed, an Infufion of it freth 
Is the beft Way of taking it. This diffolves tough 
Rhlegm, and is. excellent in Afthmas, Hoarfe- 
nefles, and other Complaints of the Breaft. This 
fimple Infufion, made into a Syrup with Honey, 
= anfwers the fame Purpofe, and keeps all the 
HEMLOCE. 
CICUTA, 
A L2tee, tall, and handfome umbelliferous Plant, — 
_ -* frequent in our Hedges. It grows to fix 
Feet in Height, the Stalk is round, frm, hollow, _ 
and upright; it is of a dark Green, and often 
 Mtained with purple and yellow. The Leaves are 
Very large, and divided into very fine and nume= 
Tous Partitions. The Flowers are fmall and white, 
and ftand in large Clufters Gx the Bo : 
Stalks, The Seeds are roundith, The pee 
: 2 pore en ant 
