J66 FAMILY HERB At. 



The seeds are used ; the rest of the plant is 

 esteemed poisonous. They are given in small doses 

 against the bloody flux^ and it is said with gre^t suc- 

 cess : I have not known it tried. 



White Henbane. Ht/osct/amus dlbus. 



A NATIVE of Italy and Germany, kept in our 

 gardens. It is a foot high, and has something of 

 the aspect of the jblack henbane, but not so dismal. 

 The stalk is round, thick, and of a pale green ; the 

 leaves are large, broad, but short, and a little in- 

 dented at the edges ; they are of a yellowish green, 

 and somewhat hairy ; the flowers are small and 

 jellow, and the seeds are whitish. 



The seeds of this kind are preferred to those of 

 the other, ks less strong in their eifects, but if any 

 liarm would happen from the internal use of the 

 others, we should have known it, for they arc ge- 

 nerally sold for them. 



Good King Henry. Bonus Hcnricus. 



A COMMON wild plant, called also by some 

 English mercury by way of distinction from the 

 other, which is called French mercury, and has 

 been described already. This grows a foot high ; 

 the stalk is round and thick, but rarely stands 

 quite upright ; it is greenish and purplish, and is 

 covered with a kindof grey powder unctuous to the 

 touch. The leaves are large, broad, and of the 

 shape of an arrow-head, they stand on long stalks, 

 and are of a pale green above, and greyish under- 

 neath, being there covered with this grey powder. 

 The flowers are inconsiderable, and are of a green- 

 ish yellow, and they stand in long spikes at the tops 

 of the branches ; the plant is common in farm yards. 



