H FAMILY HERBAL. 



and divided dieepljat the edge, andtliey are hairy. 

 The flowers are of a greenish white aqd small, but 

 the berries are moderately large and full of seeds. 



The root is the only part used in medicine ; the 

 juice of it operates very strongly by vomit and stool, 

 and that in a small dose. All constitutions cannot 

 bear it, hut, for those that can, it is excellent in 

 many severe diseases ; dropsies have been cured by 

 it. It is also good against hysteric complaints, but 

 for this purpose it is to be given in very small doses 



and frequently repeated. 



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Black Bryony. Brionia nigra. 



THERE is not anv instance which more blames 

 <)ur neglect of the medicines of our own growth^ 

 4han this of the black bryony, a medicine scarce 

 Jmov^n or heard of^ but equal to any. 



The plant climbs upon bushes and hedges like 

 the former, but this by twisting its stalk about 

 the branches of trees and shrubs, for it has no 

 tendrils. It runs to fifteen feet in height, the 

 istalk is tough and angular: the leaves are broad^ 

 and of a heart-like shape, and are perfectly smooth 

 and shining, and of a glossy and very deep blackish 

 green. The flowers are very small and of a greenish 

 white; the berries are red. The root is black 

 "withoutj white within, and full of a slimy juice. 



The root of black briony is one of the best 

 diuretics known in medicine. It is an excel- 

 lent remedy in the gravel, and all other obstructions 

 of urine/ and other disorders of the urinary 

 passages. 



Brooklime. Anagattis aqucUica, becabunga. 



A COMMON wild Lerb frequent about shallow 



