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FAiMILY HERBAL. « 



is whitish, and there are abundance of pricUcs 

 about the branches. The leaVes are of an oval 

 figure^ and strong* green colour ; and arc in- 

 dented about the edges. The flowers arc small 

 and of a pale yeUowisb colour; the fruit is suf- 

 ficiently known ; the berries are oblong, red, and 

 of a sour taste* The branches are brittle, and^ 

 under the pale outer rind^ there is another yellow 

 and thicker. This is the part used in medicine ; 

 it is excellent in the jaundice^ and has often cured 

 it singly. It is also good in all obstructions. 

 The best way to give it is infused in boiling water. 



Barley. Hordeum. 



THE barley used in medicine i» the same with 

 that of which bread is made^ and which serves 

 the brewer and distiller in their several capa- 

 cities. It is known at sight from wheat, when 

 growing, for it is not so tall, and the leaves are 

 sn}allcr and narrower. A long beard grows from 

 each grain in the ear and the car is composed of 



two rows of them. 



We use this grain in two forms, ihe one call- 

 ed French barley, and the other pearl barley. 

 The French barley is skinned^ and has the ends 

 ground off ; the pearl barley is reduced by a longer 

 grinding to a little round white lump. The pearl 

 barley makes the finer and more elegant barley- 

 water, but the French barley makes the best. It 

 is excellent in heat of urine, and in all gravelly 

 cases, and is a good drink in most acute diseases, 

 where diluting is required : it is also in some degree 

 nourishing. 



Barren wort. Epidemium. 



A SINGULAR and very pretty jplant, native 



