7 4 ^^ Ufif^^ Family HerhaL 



in Jaundices ; and the Country People cure Ague; 

 with it dried and powdered. . . 



As ^ there are a greater and lefTer Celandine, 

 there is alfo a great as well as this little Centau- 

 ry, but the large kind is not a Native of oui 

 Country, nor ufed by us in Medicine. 



Chaste Tree. 



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AGNUS CASTRUS. 



Little Shrub, Native of Ifaly, and frequent 

 in our Gardens. It is five or fix Feet high -, 

 the Trunk is rough, the Branches are fmooth, 

 ^rey, tough, and long : The Leaves are fingered 

 or fpread like the Fingers of one's Hand : When 

 opened, five, fix, or feven, of thefe Divifjons 

 ftand on each Stalk, they are of a deep Green 

 above, and whitifh underneath; the Flowers are 

 fmall and of a pale reddifh Hue; they ftand in 

 long loofe Spikes, the Fruit is as big as a Pep- 

 per- Corn. • 



The Seeds of this Shrub, were once fuppofed 



to allay Venery, but no Body regard that now. 

 A Decodion of the Leaves and Tops^ is good a- 



gainft Obflrudions of the Liver. 



The Black CnfeRRY Tree. 

 CORASUS FRUCTU NIGRO. 



^HIS is a well known tall Tree, and well 



fhaped. The Leaves are broad, roundifii, 

 fliarp at the Point, and indented round the Edges. 

 The Flowers are white, the Fruit is well enough 



known. The medicinal Part of this is the Kernel 

 within th 



againfl: Apoplexies, Palfies, and all ne^ouslDlf 



This has been fuppofed good 



eafes. The. Water diftilled from it, was for 



this Reafon in conftant Ufe as a Remedy for 



Children's 



