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_ bright green Colour. The Flowers are fmall, 
_ and of the Shape of the Flowers of Tares, but. 
little; and there follows each a roundifh Pod, 
» rough and green. The whole Plant has a fingu- 
Tar, but not dift able Smell; and the Leaves 
re the Food of fo many Infects, that they are 
commonly gnawn to Pieces. . 
_ The frefh Plant is excellent to mix in Pultices, 
to be applied to Swellings. It was once famous 
in a Plaifter, ufed for Dreffing of Blifters, but the 
Apothecaries ufed to play fo many bad Tricks, to 
imitate the green Colour it was expected to give, 
that the Plaifter is now made without it. 
The MELon. 
| | MELO. 
Trailing Herb, with yellow Flowers, and 
large Fruit ; well known at our Tables. The 
t grows to eight or ten Feet long, but is not 
. The Stalks are angulated, thick, and of 
Pale Green. The Leaves are large and broad, 
fomewhat roundifh, and not deeply divided, as in 
oft of the creeping Plants of this Sort. There 
4re Tendrils on the Stalk for its laying hold of 
any Thing. The Flowers are very large, and 
‘Open at the Mouth. The Fruit is oblong and 
eee more or lefs on the Surface, containing 
‘Seeds, with a juicy Matter within. oe 
The Seeds are the Part ufed: They are cooling, 
work by Urine. They are beit given in an 
Ifion, beat up with Barley Water: This is a 
od Drink in Fevers given warm. es 
