7he Ufeful Family Herbal. 



pofed to be a Remedy agalnfl: Poifons, but 

 not much regarded at this Time. 



Adder's -TONGUE. 



OPHIOGLOSSUM. 



A Dder's-tongue is a little Plant common in our 

 •^*^ Meadows. It confifts of a fingle Leaf, with 

 a little Spike of Seeds rlfing from its Bottom, 

 which is fuppofed to refemble the Tongue of a 

 Serpent. 



The Leaf is of an oval Shape, and of a fine 

 bright green Colour -, it is thick and flefhy, and 

 has no Ribs <3t Veins. The Stalk on which it ftands 

 rifes from a Root compofed of fmall Fibres, and 

 is four Inches or more high. The Spike rifes to 

 about the fame Height above it : And the Tongue 

 or Seed-veflel is notched on each Side. The whole 

 Plant is buried among the Grafs, and muft be 

 fought in y^nVand A/tTy, for it dies ofFfoon after; 

 and nothing is (ttn of it till the next Seafon. 

 \ It is a fine cooling Herb, and an excellent 

 Ointment is made from k. The Leaves are to 

 be chopped to Pieces, and four Pounds of them 

 are to be put into three Pounds of Sewet and one 

 Pint of Oil melted together. The whole is to be 

 boiled till the Herb is a little crifp, and then the 

 Ointment is to be ftrained ofFj it will be of a beau- 

 tiful Green. Some give the Juice of the Plant, or 

 the Powder of the dried Leaves, inwardly in 

 Wounds i but this is trifling. 



A G R I M O M Y. 



AGRIMONIA. 



A Common EngliJJj Plant: It flowers in the 

 "^ midft of Summer. It grows to a Foot or 

 more in Height, the Leaves are winged, and the 



B 2 Flowers 



