FAMILY HERBAL. 2^ 



green^ and brittle ; and when broken, they yield a 

 vast quantity of an acrid, milky juice. The 

 leaves stand singly ; they are broad, and not very 

 long, and of a beautiful shape, terminating in a 

 point. The flowers are large, and of the shape o£ a 

 bell: they are of a deep purple oh the inside, and 

 of a pale red without; and the seed-vessels are 

 large, as are also the seeds. The root is whitish 

 and very thick. 



The root is the part used : our drug^[b keep it 



dry. It is in slices, and is whitish armj brittley 

 It is ahi excellent purge, but there requires^ a large 

 dose to work tolerably ; this ^has occasioned its 

 being much less used than worse medicines, that 

 operate more strongly, and can be taken with less 

 disgust ; but it is to be lamented^ that so little qse 

 18 made of it. 



The Mkdlar Tree. Mespllus. 



A COMMON tree in our gardens. It is c^k the 

 bigness of aa apple tree, and grows in the same ir- 

 regular manner : the branches have thorns on them. 

 Tiie leaves are longer and narrower than in the 

 apple tree, and they terminate in a point. The 

 blossoms are large and white. The fruit is round- 

 ish, and open at the bottom : and till very much 

 mellowed, is of an austere taste. 



A strong decoction of unripe medlars, is good 

 tt) stop violent purgings. The seeds work by urine, 

 and are good against the gravel ; but there are 

 io many more powerful things at hand, they are 

 leldom used. 



MiititaT. MeUlotus. 



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A COMMOiN wild pltat, with three leaves at 



