llje Ufeful Family HerhaL 3 9 



Iknt and gentle Medicine for Women whofe Men- 

 fes are apt <;o be too redundant, taken for a Week 

 before the Time.. 



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The Birch-Tree, 



BETULA. 



TalJ and handfome Tree common In our 

 Woods and Hedges. The Bark is fmooth 

 and white. The young Shoots are reddiih, and 

 they are fmall and long. The Leaves are beautiful; 

 they are fhort, roundiih, of a fine bright Green, 

 and notched about the Edges. The Flowers are 

 inconfiderable; the Fruit is a little, fcaly. Globule, 

 preceding the Leaves in Spring. 



The Juice of the Birch-Tree, procured by boring 

 a Hole in it in Spring, is diuretic, and good againft 

 the Scurvy. The Leaves, frefh gathered and 

 boiled in Water, afford a Deco(5tion, which a<5bs 

 VOL the fame Manner, and is good in Dropfies : 

 And in all cutaneous Diforders, outwardly ufed. 



Round-rooted Birth wort, 

 ARISTGLOCHL4. ROTUNDA. 



A wild Plant in Italy and the South of France, 

 "^ -but with us found only in the Gardens of 

 the Curious. It has no great Beauty, or even Sin- 

 gularity in its Appearance, till examined : The 

 Stalks are a Foot and a half long, but weak ; 



they are fquare and of a dulky green Colour. The 

 Leaves are ihort, broad and roundifhj of a dufky 



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Green ; alfo the Flowers are long, hollow, and of 

 an odd Form, not refembling the Flowers of other 

 Plants : They are of a dufky greenifh Colour on 

 the Outfide, and purple within : The Fruit is 

 flelhy, arid as big as a fmall Walnut, The Root 

 i5 large and roundifh. 



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