366 The Ufeful Family Herbal: 
which is continued into a Thorn, and when thefe 
Leaves fall off, remains.a white Thorn of that 
Length. The Flowers are white and fmall, they 
are of the Shape of a Pea Bloflom, but flatter ; 
the’Pods which follow are fhort and flat. 
‘No Part of the Shrub itfelf is ufed, but we 
have a Gum produced by it, and called by its 
- Name jn the Shops; this is what they alfo call 
Gum Dragant, it is white and tough, and is in 
Jong twifted Pieces, it fweats out of the Bottom 
of the Trunk, -in the Heat of Summer. It is 
good: in Coughs arifine from a fharp Humour; 
and in Sharpnefs of Urine, and fharp Stools, but 
it is a difagveeable Medicine ; it is'very difficultly 
_ powdered, and the Solution is not pleafant. 
So TwoRdt'é HWAx. 
PERFOLIATA, ae 
A Very anes wild, Plant among.our Corn, — 
~~ diftinguifhed by the Stalk growing .through 
the, Leaves. It is three Feet high. “he Stall 
is round, firm, upright, whitifh, and towatd the 
Top divided into fome Branches. The Jeaves 
are broad and oval, the Stem runs through them 
toward the Bottom, for they have no Foot- 
Stalks, and they furround it in their largeft Part, © 
ending in a blunt Point. They are of a bluifh 
per out, and not dented at the Fdees. The > 
owers are little and yellow, they ftand in Cli- 
fters, or a Kind of Umbels at the Tops of the 
Branches, with a parcel of fimal} Leaves placed 
under them. The Root is white, oblong, and 
The Leaves are ufed the Country People 
againft Wounds and Ties enmpaboe the Seeds 
are given inwardly, to prevent the ill Effects of 
- internal Hurts. | , 
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