FAMILY HERBAL. 185 



liquor our poor people drink under that name^ is 

 ionly malt spirits and oil of turpentine. 



Ivv. Hedera. 



A VERY common shrub, crawling about old 

 ' trees, or upon old walls ; it sometimes runs upon 

 the ground for want of such support, but then it 

 rarely bears any fruits The trunk is thick, brown^ 

 and covered with a peculiar roughness. The 

 branches are numerous and brittle. The Ie?ives 

 have a strange variety of shapes, oblong, angular^ 

 cornered, or divided. The flowers stand in little 

 round clusters, and they are small and inconsider- 

 able : they are succeeded by large berries.* The 

 leaves upon the youn^g shoofs that bear the flowers^ 

 are always oblong; those on the trunk are an* 

 gulated. They are all of a deep glossy green. 



The leaves and berries are both used, but nei- 

 ther much. A decoction of the leaves destroys 

 vermin in children's heads, and heals the soreness 

 that attends them. The berries are purging; an 

 infusion of them will often work also by vomit, 

 but there is no harm in this : they are an excellent 

 remedy in rheumatisms, and pains of all kinds. 



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droDsies : but 



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The ivv in the warm countries sweats out a 

 of resin, which has been used externally at some 

 times, on various occasions ; but at this time, it is 

 quite unknown in practice. 



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Kidney Wort. Umbilicus veneris. 



A VERY singular plant, which grows on old 



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