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The Ufeful Family Herbal. 365 
THOR nN APPLE. 
_STRAMONIUM. 
=A Very. beautiful Plant,.. Native: of. warmer 
“Climates, but frequent in our Gardens, we 
fometimes ‘meet with it, as it-is.called, wild; but 
it is no Native of our Country. Seeds have been 
feattered from Gardens. pe cee 
_It is three Feet high; the Stalk. is round, thick, 
‘and divided into many. Branches. .The Leaves 
are very large, oblong, broad, and of a bright 
Green ; divided at the Edges, andof a pretty Ap- 
pearance, but a very ill Smell: The Flowers are 
very large, and white, they are hollow, and Jong = 
Open, and angulated at the Brim. The Fruit 
is as big as a.Jarge Walnut, and is covered with 
Prickles; the Root is.very.leng, and thick, white, 
and of an ill Smell, © 
The Leaves are ufed externally; the Countty 
People lay them upon Burns and Inflammations, 
but this is not always fafe.' The Root and Seeds 
are of a fléepy’Quality, but they are’ not. thought 
fafé to be given inwardly--Opium is a lefs dan- 
gerous Medicine, fo they are not ufed. oe) 9» 
Go ARSE HORN: 8 eee 
fits PR KER CAN TIA @ 3 
A Little white looking prickly Shrub, Native 
+2 of the Eaf, but kept in our Gardens. Ir is 
not above two or three Feet high, very ipreaclings 
nd full of Branches. The Stem is of a tough 
i very firm Subftance, covered with a whi- 
tith rough Bark: The Branches are as tough, 
and the Bark is pale but fmoother. The Leaves 
are long and narrow; they are each compofed of a 
great many Pairs of fimaller fet on a middle Rib, 
