FAMILY HERBAL. 32b 



The root is used d 

 ine. and that after wa 



with 



honey. These tlnce preparations are called the 

 wine of squillsj yinegar of squills, and oxvmel 

 of squills ; thej are all good against asthmas, 

 and difficulty of breathing. The oxymel is most 

 given for this purpose ; the vinegar causes Tomii- 

 ing, and cleanses the stomach ; the wine of squills 

 works by urine, and is good against the jaundice 

 and dropsy. 



Starwort. Aster aticiis. 



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A COMMON wild plant, in many parts of 

 Lirope and in the Grecian islands, but not here ; 

 we have it in gardens. It is a foot and half high* 

 The stalk is round, hairy, and branched ; the 



, moderately broad, and rounded 

 d of a dusky green. The flowers 

 are yellow and large ; they resemble the marigold ; 

 it is singular that there stand some leaves under 

 tills flower disposed in rays like a star ; the root 

 i^ long: 



The fresh leaves are used ; and that only ex- 

 ternally. Bruised, and laid on as a pultice, thej 

 are a cure for buboes, and other hard swellings. 

 5'he plant is called also inguniaiis, from its pecu- 

 liar effect in dissipating buboes of the groin. 



The Star Thistle. Calcitrapa. 



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A WILD plant on our heaths, but not very 

 common. It is two feet high, and extremely 

 hranchcd ; the stalks arc round, hard, and whitish. 

 Tiie principal leaves rise from the root, and arc 

 disposed in a circular manner on the ground. 



They are oblong, and divided along the sidca 



