4 FAMILY HERBAL. 



of the famous Tulnerary herbs, and an iiigrcdi- 

 cnt in the right arquebusade water. 



Black alder. Alnus mgra. Frangula. 



THE black alder is a little shrub : The shoots 

 are brittle, slender, and covered with a brown 

 bark; the leaves are roundish, of a bright green, 

 and' Teined ; they terminate in a point. The 

 berries are large and black, they are ripe ia 

 autumn ; the flowers which precede these are 

 small and inconsiderable, they are whitish and stand 



€>D short stalks. 



The shrub is frequent in moist woods, and 

 the berries are sometimes mixt among those of the 

 buckthorn by such as gather them for sale, but thi§ 

 should be prevented. 



No part of the black alder is used in medicine 

 except the inner rind ; this is yellow; and is a 

 good purge ; the best way to give it is in a de- 

 coction. Boil an ounce of it in a quart of water, 

 and throw in at least two drachms of ginger and 

 some caraway-seeds ; let the patient proportion 

 the quantity to his strength : it is excellent in the 

 jaundice. In Yorkshire they bruise the bark with 

 vinegar, and use it outwardly for the itch, which 

 it cures very safely. 



Aleuoof oe GRouND-iYY. Hcdeva terresUis. 



A LOW plant that creeps about hedges, and 

 flowers in spring. The stalks are hollow and 

 square, a foot or more in length ; the leaves 

 are roundish and notched at the edges : in sprino* 

 they are usually of a purplish colour, and the 

 ilowers are blue; the leaves sfaod two at each 



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