The Ufeful Family Herbal. 187 
twice as large toward the Top, as at the Bottom. 
It is whitifh, or yellowith, or purplith, :and has a 
Parcel of fhort and broad fkinny Films, by way 
of Leaves upon it. - The» Flowers grow at the 
Top with Leaves. of the fame kind among them. 
They are - and beautiful, and are fucceeded 
by Fruits of a roundifh Figure, in which is a 
Quantity “of glutinous Liquor, and with it the 
Seeds, which ‘are very finall, and ofa brownith 
\ We ufe the hardened Juice of the Fruit, it is 
evaporated over the Fire, to a thick Confiftence, 
and then ‘is ofa black Colour, like the common 
Liquorice Juice, called Spanifh Liquorice. “The 
Druggifts keep it in this State; it is good in 
violent Purgings, with bloody Stools, and in 
Overfiowing of the Menfes : It is to be given in 
Hyssop. 
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