Tloe Ufeful Family HerhaL 2 



each Grain in the Ear, and the Ear is compofed 



of two Rows of them. 



"We ufe this Grain in "two Forms, the one cal- 

 led French Barley, and the other Pearl Barley. 

 The French Barley is ikinned, and has the Ends* 

 ground off; the Pearl Barley is reduced by a longer 

 Grinding to a little round white Lump. The 

 Pearl Barley makes the liner and more elegant 

 Barley- Water, but the French Barley makes the 

 beft. It is excellent in Heat of Urine, and in 

 all gravelly Cafes, and is a good Drink in moft 

 acute Difeafes, whereDiluting is required : It is alfQ 

 jn fome Degree nourifhing. 



A 



Baren%wort, 

 EPIDEMIUM. 



Singular and very pretty Plant, Native of 



England^ but not common. It grows in 



Woods, and has beautiful purple and yellow 



Flowers. It is a Foot high. The Leavbs arc 



pval and Heartrfalhioned, deeply indented at the 

 Edges, and of a dufky Green. The Stalks which 

 produce the Flowers, are weak, britde, and gene- 

 rally crooked > the Flowers {land in a kind of very 

 looie Spike ten or a dozen upon the Top -, they 

 are fmall, buf very fingular and confpicuous -, 

 they are purple on the Back with a red Edge, and 

 yellow in the Middle. The Root is fibrous and 



creeping. 



It was an Opinion with the old Writers, that 

 |:his Plant produced no Flowers -, but the Occa- 

 fion is eafily known. When it ftands expofed to 

 Sun, it feldom does flower j' we fee that in Gardens 

 where it is planted in fuch Situations, for it will 

 ftand many Years without flowering; but our 

 Y^oods favpur it, being dark and damp : The old 



People faw it in warmer Climates, and under an 



unfa- 



