46 ithe Ufeful Family Herha 



obtained only by a light cold Infufion •, fo that th^ 

 Way of throwing it into cold Wine is better than 

 all the medicinal Preparations, for in them it is 

 naufeous. 



Whi te Br y ony. 



BRYONIA ALBA. 



Tall, climbing, wild Plant, which covers our 

 Hedges in many Places. The Leaves are 

 fomewhat like thofe of the Vine ; the Flowers are 

 inconflderable ; but the Berries are red, and make 

 a great Shew. The Root is vaftly large, rough, 

 and whitiih •, the Stalks are tough, ten or twelve 

 Feet long ; but weak and unable to fupport them- 

 felves ; they have Tendrils at the Joints, and by 

 thefe they affix themfelves to Bufhes. The Leaves 

 are broad, and divided deeply at the Edge, and 

 they are hairy. The Flowers are of a green- 

 jfh White and fmall, but the Berries are mode- 

 rately large and full of Seeds. 



The Root is the only Part ufed in Medicine ; 



Juice of 



Dofe. All 



by Vom 



tions cannot bear it, but, for thofe that can, it is 

 excellent in many fevere Difeafes ; Dropfies have 

 been cured by it. It is alfo good againft hyflierick 

 Complaints, but for this Purpofe it is to be given 

 in very fmall Dofes and frequently repeated. 



BlackBryony. 



BRIONIA NIGRA. 



'T^HERE is not any Inftance which more 

 ^ blames our Negled of the Medicines of our 

 own Growth, than this of the black Bryony, a 

 Medicine fcarce known or heard of, but equal to 

 any. 



The 



