Hje Ufeful Family Herbal. 



two are the Socotnne Aloe-Plant and the' com- 

 mon Aloe. 



The Socotnne Aloe is a very beautiful Plant; 

 the Leaves are like thofe of the Pine -apple, 

 eighteen or twenty Inches long, prickly at the 

 Sides, and armed with a large Thorn at the 

 End, The Stalk is half a Yard high or more, 



naked at the Bottom, but ornamented at Top 

 with a long Spike of Flowers -, thefe are of a long 

 Shape and hollow, and of a beautiful red Colour. 



The Socotrine or fineft Aloes is produced from 

 ,this Plant j the Leaves are prefled gently and the 

 Juice received in earthen Veilels : It is fet to fettle 

 and then dried in the Sun. 



The common Aloe is a very fine Plant \ the 



Leaves are above two Feet long and an Inch thick, 



they are dented at the Edges and prickly, and 



have a very fharp Thorn at the Point. Th« 



Stalk, when it flowers, is five or fix Feet high, 



and divided into feveral Branches; the Flowers are 

 yellow ftreaked with green. 



From the Juice of the Leaves of this Plant 

 are made the Hepatic and the Caballine Aloes \ 

 the Hepatick is made from the clearer and finer 

 Part of the Juice, the Caballine from the coarfe 

 Sediment. 



The Socotrine Aloes is the only kind that 



fhould be given inwardly ; this may be known 

 from the others, by not having their ofFenfive 

 Smell. It is a mod excellent Purge, but it rnufl: 

 not be given to Women with Child, nor to thofe 

 who fpit Blood, for it may be fatal. The beil 

 Way of giving it is in the Tindure of Iliera 

 Picra. 



B 4 Aloes 



