The Ufeftd Family Herbal 6 3 



for fore Throats, ufed by Way of a Gargle. 

 The Plant is fo famous for this Virtue, that one 

 of its common EngUJJj Names is Throat-wort : If 

 the Medicine be fwallowed, there is no Harm in it-, 

 but, in the Ufe of every Thing in this Way, it is 

 beft to fpit the Liquor out together with the Foul- 

 nelTes which it may have wafhed from the aifei5lcd 

 Parts. 



The CaperShrub. 



CAPPARIS. 



Common Shrub in Frajice. and Ilaly, and 

 kept in our Gardens. The Pickles which 

 we know under the Name of Capers are made 

 of the Buds of the Flowers -, but the Part to be 

 ufed in Medicine is the Bark of the Roots.- 



The Shrub grows to no great Height ; the 

 Branches are weak, and ill able to fupport them- 

 felves, they are tough and prickly : The Leaves 

 ftand irregularly, and are of an oval or roundifh 

 Figure •, the Thorns are hooked like thofe of the 

 Bramble j the Flowers, when full opened, are pur- 

 . plifh and very pretty, the Fruit is roundiih. 

 The Bark of the Root is to be taken in Powder, 

 or Infufion; it is good againft Obftrui5tions of the 

 Liver and Spleen, in the Jaundice, and Hypocon- 

 driac Complaints : It Is alfo commended in Indi- 



gcitions. 



The Car ANN A Tree. 



CARANNA ARBOR. 



A Tall Eafi'Tndian Tree and a very beautiful one: 

 •*-^ The Trunk is thick, and the Bark upon it is 

 brown and rough ; that on the young Branches is 

 fmooth and yellowifh. The Leaves are long and 

 narrow, like thofe of fome of our Willow-Trees. 



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