Tie. Ufeftd Family Herbal^ 



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Bind-Weed. 



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CONVOLVULUS MAJOR. 



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j\ Common wild Plant which climbs about our 



Hedges, and bears very large white Flowers, 

 ^he Stalks are weak and flender, but very tough, 

 fix or eight Feet ]ong, and twifl about any thing 

 that can fupport them. The Leaves are large, 

 and of the Shape of an Arrow-Head, bearded at 

 the Bafe, and fharp at the Point : They ftand 

 lingly, not in Pairs, and are of a pale green Co-r 

 lour. The Flowers are of the Breadth of a Crown- 

 Piece at the Mouth, and narrower to the Bafe 

 Bell-falhionedj and perfeftly white. The Root is 

 long and flender. 



In North amp ion/hire the poor People ufe the 

 Root of this Plant frefh gathered and boiled in 

 Ale as a Purge ; they fave the Expence of the 

 Apothecary, and anfwer the Purpofe better than 

 any one thing would do for them. It would nau- 



feate a delicate Stomach, but, for People of their 

 llrong Conftitution, there is not a better Purge. 



The BiLLBERRY-BuSH. 



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VACCINIA NIGRA. 



Little tough fhrubby Plant, common in our 

 boggy Woods, and upon wet Heaths. The 

 Stalks are tough, angular, and green ; the Leaves 

 are fmall •, they Hand fingly, not in Pafrs, and 

 are broad, Ihort, and indented aboiit the Edges. 

 The Flowers are fmall but pretty, their Colour 

 js a faint Red, and they are hollow like a Cup. 

 The Berries are as large as the biggefl Pea, they 

 are of a blackiih Colour, and of a pleafant Tafte. 

 A Syrup made of the Juice of Biliberrles, when 



not over ripe, js cooling and binding 5 it is a plea-! 



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