5 FAMILY HERBAL. 



branches, as the plum-tree and cherrj-tree gum 

 do with us. 



The acacia juice is. an astringent but little 

 used. The guhi arabic is good in stranguries^ 

 and in coughs from a thin sharp rheum ; it is 

 to he given in solution, an ounce boiled in a 

 quart of barley-water^ or in powder in electuaries 

 or otherwise. 



What is called the German acacia is the juice 

 of unripe sloes evaporated in the same manner. 



Aconite- Antliora sive acojiitum salutiferum^ ' 



THERE are many poisonous aconites^ not used ; 

 but there is one medicinal and kept in the shops: 

 Ibis is. called the wholesome aconite and antithora. 



It is a small plant, a foot high, with pale 

 green divided leaves ^nd yellow flowers. It 

 grows erect, and the stalk is firm^ angular, and 

 hairy ; the leaves do not stard in pairs. The 

 flowers are large and hooded, and of a pleasant 

 smell ; the seed-vessels are raembrani^ccous, and the 

 seeds black ; the root is tuberous, it 



sometiines 



f one lump ot knob 



It is a nah've of Germany, but we have it in gar- 

 dens. The rout is the only nart used : it is si 



posed to be a remedy against poisons, but 

 Dot much regarded at this time. 



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Adder's-tongue. Ophioglossujn 



ADDER'S tongue is a little plant common In our 

 meadows. It consists of a single leaf;, with 

 a iittle spike of seeds rising from its bottom, 

 wluth is supposed to resemble the tongue of a 



serpent. 



ihe l^af is of an oYal shape, and of a fine 



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