FAMILY ITERBAL. 359i 



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. The fresh gathered plant is (<>; be vised entiie : 

 a strong infusion of it is a very great sweetenbr 

 ofthebiqod. It is excellent against the scurw 

 in whatever form ; and there are accounts of its 

 curing the king's evil, that §eem very well attested^ . 

 4l synip may be made of its juice, or of a very strong, 

 infusion of it ; era conserve of the leaves: for 

 the dncd plant has very little virtue, and it is 

 to l?e had fresh only a very small part of the 

 year. 



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The White Wjllow. Salu' vulgaris alba. 



A VERY common tree in wet placns. iind this 

 which is used in medicine is the most common of 

 aH the several kinds of it. It in also the largest, , 

 It grows to be a talltvec : the bark is whitish., and 

 rough upon the trunk, and grey upon the branches ; 

 the leaves are oblong, narrow^ and whitish, cs-? 

 pecially on the underside: they stand irregularly 

 on the branches, and are a little serrated at the 

 edgeSj and pointed at the ends. The flowers arc 

 very inconsiderable, but they are arranged several 

 together^ in what are called catkin* or palms. 

 The seeds arc small ; they stand in the same catkins^ 

 mixed with fine white down. 



The bark of the branches is used, and it is best 

 dried ; it is good against purgings^ and the over* 

 ilowmgs of the menses, and is most conveniently 

 given iO powder, Haifa dram for a dose. 



Winter Green. Pijrola. 



AN EXTREMELY pretty plant, wild in soma 



parts of England, but not common. The stalk *• 

 round, thick, upright, and ten inches high. The 

 leaves all grow from the root^ for the stalk h nakrJ, 



