316 FAMILY HERBAL. 



The leaves of sneezewortj dried and powdered, 

 taken by way of snufF, are excellent against the 

 head-ach. The roots dried arc almost as fiery 

 as pellitory of Spain, and they cure the tooth-ach 

 in the same manner. A piece held in the mouth, 

 fills it with rheum in a minute. 



Solomon's Seal. Polygonatum. 



A PRETTY plant, wild in some places^ and 

 frequent in gardens. It grows a foot and half 

 high. The stalk is round, striated, and of a pale 

 green ; naked half way up, and from thence to 

 the top ornamented with large oval leaves of a 

 pale green, blunt, smooth, ribbed, and not at all 

 indented at the edges. The flowers hang from 

 fthe under part of the stalk ; they are small and 

 white; the fruit is a berry as big as a pea, and 

 black when ripe. Tlie root is white, oblong, 



irregular, and creeps under the surface of the 



ground. 



»^ The root is the part used: it is commended 

 jextreraely for an outward application against 

 bruises. The root dried and powdered is good 

 against purgings with bloody stools ; and the fresh 

 root beat up into a conserve with sugar, against 



the whites. 



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SoPEwoRT. SaponGria. 



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A WILD plantj but not very common. It is 

 two feet high. The stalk is round, thick, jointed^ 

 and of a pale green; the' knots are large. The 

 leaves stand two at each joint ; they are of an 

 oval figure, and dark green colour, smooth, not 

 4entatcd at the edges, and full of large ribs. The 

 flowers stand in a kind of clusters at the tops ; 



