The Ufeful Family Herl al 349°: 
Great SPurce. | 
ESULA MAJOR. 
E have many Kinds of Spurge wild in Eng- 
land, and fome of re ee aes 
this ufed in Medicine is a different Species. It is 
Native of Germany, and is kept in our Gardens, 
- It grows a Yard high, the Stalk is round, thick 
_ redifh, and divided into Branches. ‘The Leaves 
are numerous, and ftand irregularly, they are nar- 
row and of a pale Green, and are broadeft at 
the End. The Flowers are little, and of a pale 
yellow, but the Seed-Veffels are large, and make 
a confpicuous Figure on the Tops of the Branches: 
The Root is very thick and long, it confifts of a 
firm Heart, covered with a thick Rind. The 
s i Plant when broken, affords. a milky. acrid © 
Sipe. : | re, SS 
~The Bark of the Root is ufed dry, and even in 
= that State it is very rough in its Operation. It 
works by Stool and Vomit, and is good in the 
_ Rheumatifm and Dropfy, but it is not every 
Conftitution that can bear the Ufe of fuch Re- 
: ~_ medies. 
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The LEsser S PURGE. 
ESULA MINOR. 
A Lefer Plant than the former, but fufficiently 
; robuft; it is a Native of the fame Part of the 
- World, but is common in our Gardens. It is a 
Foot high. The Leaves are longilh and very 
Narrow, but rounded at the End: The Stalks are 
thick round, and red, the Flowers are {mall and 
yellow, and the Seed-Veffels large and three cor- 
nered. The whole Plant is full of a fharp milky 
Juice, but moft of all the Root. as 
