Foe YPoD ve : = = ~ ae 
POLYPODIUM. ie 
Small Plant of the Fern Kind. It is a Foot 
high, and confifts only of a fingle Leaf. 
Several of thefe commonly rife from the fame 
Root, but each is a feparate and intire Plant. 
The Stalk is naked for five Inches, and from 
thence to the Top ftand on each Side, a Row of 
fmall, oblong, and narrow Segments, refembling 
fo many fmall Leaves, with an odd one at the 
-End. The whole Plant is of a bright green Co- 
lour, but the Backs of thefe Divifions of the Leaf, 
are at a certain Seafon toward Autumn, ornament- 
ed with a great Number of round brown Spots, 
_. thefe are the Seeds: Thofe of all Ferns are car- 
ried in the fame Manner. The Root is long, 
 flender, and creeps upon the Surface of old Stumps. 
of Trees among the Mofs. The Root is ufed, and 
it is beft freth, it is a fafe and gentle Purge, the 
belt Way of giving it is in Decoétion, in whith 
_. Form it always operates alfo by Urine. It is good 
in the Jaundice, and Dropfies, and is an excellent 
“Ingredient in Diet-drinks againft the Scurvy, but 
befide thefe Confiderations, it is a fafe and good 
Purge, on all common Occafions. | * 
The PomMEGRANATE TRE Ess 3 
GRANATUS. 
Common wild Tree in Spain and Italy, kept 
: with us in Gardens. It grows to the Bignefs 
~ of our Apple-trees. The Branches fpreadirregu- 
larly, they have a redifh brown Bark, and have 
here “and theré-a few Thorns. The J.eaves, are, 
numerous ; on the Extremities of the Branches. 
they are finall,. oblong, narrow, and of a-fine 
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