244f ITAMILY HJERBAL. 



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tips, and have the same bag of liquor at the base, 

 ^ud they sting: very terribly ; more a great deal 

 than the coramori nettle. - - - 



The seeds are the part used ; they are good 

 against coughs^ shortness of breath, and hoarse- 

 Besses : the seeds of the common nettle are conn- 



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mended for this purpose, hut these arc greatly prefer- 

 able. The best way of giving them is in the man- 

 ner of tea^ sweetened with honey. 



Common Nightshade. Solarium vulgare. 



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A WILD plant, 'that over-runs gardens, and 

 all' other cultivated places, if not continually 

 weeded out. It grows two feet high ; the stalks 

 are roundish, thick, but not very erect or strong^, 

 and of a dusky green- The leaves are broad and 

 roundish, but they terminate in a point. They arc 



of a dark green colour, and stand on foot-stalks. 

 The flowers grow in little clusters, ten or a dozen 

 in a bunch ; they are white, with a yellowish cen- 

 ter^ and they are succeeded by round black berries. 

 The leaves are used fresh, and only externally. 

 They are very cooling, and applied bruised to in- 

 flammations, scalds, burns, and troublesome erup- 

 tions on the skin. 



Deadly Nightshade. Solanum kihale. 



IT may seem strange to mix a poison among me- 

 dicines, but a part of this herb has its uses. .This 

 is a wild plant of a dull and dismal aspept. It 

 grows five fee|; high. The stalks are augulated^ 



and of a deep green. The leaves are very large^ 

 broad^ and flat, and they also are of a dull dead 

 green. The flowers stand singly on long foot- 



f talks, arising from the bosom of the leaves, and 



