‘The Ufeful Family He Gl. 34h 
ornamented with large oval Leaves ofa paleGreen, 
blunt, fmooth, ribbed, and not at all indented at 
the Edges. The Flowers hang from the under 
Part of the Stalk, they are fmall and white; the 
Fruit is a Berry as big as a Pea, and black when 
ripe. The Root is white, oblong, irregular, and. 
creeps under the Surface of the Ground. 
~The Root is the Part uled: It is commended 
extremely, for an outward Application againit 
Bruifes. The Root dried and powdered, is good 
againft Purgings, with bloody Stools, and the 
tefh Root beat up into a Conferve with Sugar, 
againft the Whites. 
SoPEWORT. 
SAPONARIA. 
: A.Wia Plant, but not very common, It is 
“two Feet high. The Stalk is round, thick, 
_ jointed, and of a pale Green, the Knots are large. . 
The Leaves ftand two at each Joint, they are of 
an oval Figure, and dark green Colour; {fmooth, 
not dentated at the Edges, and full of large Ribs. 
- The Flowers ftand in a Kind of Clufters at the 
_ Tops, they are white or redifh, and not very 
large: The Root is knobbed, and has a great 
many Fibres running from it: It is of a difagreeable 
- mawkifh Tafte. oo ae 
~The Root is ufed, and it fhould be frefh taken 
up, a Decoétion of it opens Obftructions, and pro- 
motes Urine and Perfpiration. It is an excellent 
Tweetener of the Blood. 
ee SorreL, 
