S04 FAMILY HERBAL- 



It grows forty or fifty feet high, and is very mucH 

 branched. The leaves sfand two or three pairs 

 upon a stalk, in the manner of those of the lentisk, 

 and are not unlike those of that tree in shape ; they 

 are of a dark greeo colour, small, oblong, and 

 fleshy. The flowers are moderately large, and of 

 a deep diisky blue ; the fruit is a berry/ of the big- 

 ness of.a large red cherry, which is black when ripe. 

 The wood is white in the outer part, and yellow at 

 the hearty and these two parts are kept separate, 

 and were long supposed the woods of two different 

 trees. They have the same smell and taste, only 

 that the yellow has them both in greatest perfec* 

 tioh : and in the same manner^ their virtues are the 

 same; but the yellow is so much superior, that the 

 white deserves no notice. 



The yellow saunders is best taken in the man* 

 ner of tea, it is this way not unpleasant, and is 

 cordial, good against disorders of the nerves, and 

 hysteric complaints, and opens obstructions, it 



also gently promotes perspiration^ and works by 

 urine. 



White Saxifhage. Saxifraga alba. 

 A VERY pretty plant in our ineadowSj dis-' 



tinguislied by the regular shape of its leaves^ and 

 its white snowy flowers. * It grows fen inches high ; 

 the stalk is rounds thick, fifm, upright, and a little 

 liairy. The leaves are of a pale green colour, and 

 fleshy substance : they are of a roundish figure, 

 and indented about the edges ; and they stand upon 

 long foot-stalks. The flowers are large and white ; 

 they grow in considerable numbers on the tops ot 

 the stalks. The root is composed of a parcel of 

 •Da all white or reddish granules. 



The root is used 



_ lall parts of which 



used to be called by ignorant 



