242 The Ufeful Family Herbal, 
The Mezereow SHRUB. 
MEZEREUM. 
Very pretty Shrub, Native of many Parts of 
Europe, and frequent in our Gardens. It is 
four Feet high, and very thuch branched. . The 
Branches ftand irregularly, and they are very 
tough and firm. The Leaves are oblong and 
narrow: They grow in Clufters from certain little 
‘Swellings on the Bark. The Flowers are fmall 
_ and red: They are hollow, and are fucceeded by 
_ oblong Berries, which are black when ripe. The 
Root is woody and creeping ; and the Plant is not 
eafily deftroyed, when ance well’eftablifhed. 
The Bark of the Root, or the inner Bark of — 
the.Branches is to be ufed ; but it is a violent Me- ‘ 
dicine, anid muft be given with great Caution, An 2 : 
ftnall Dofes, and only to thofe who have ftrong — 
Conttitutions. It will caute Vomiting, and! dy 
Stools to deh that are tender, or to ae 
pede tan Jofe; but to robuft People, it only atts 
M rit ee: 
MILLIU™M. 
Plant of the Grafs kind, large, upright, and 
A not without its Beauty. tis four Feet high. — 
The Stalk is round, ‘hollow, jointed, thick, an¢ — 
firm. The Leaves are long and broad, of a pale 
Green, and hairy. The Flowers and Seeds grow 
at the Top of —— in a vaft Clufter, foheavy — 
that the hangs down: They are al~— 
Ss dinate Se he Gnd The Flowers are in- _ 
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