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I o 2 The UfefuTTamily Herlah 



The Flowers ftahd, or rather hang, all on one 

 Side of the Stalk in a kind of loofe Spike ; they 

 are imall and yellow, and grow two together. 

 The Seeds of which follow thefe are large, and 

 have fomething of the Afped pf Wheat from whence 

 the Plant has it? odd Name. • 



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Thefe Seeds are the Part ufed, they are to be 



d|-ied and given in Powder, but in fmall Dofes, 



They have Virtues which fev/ feem to imagine i 

 they are a high Cordial and Provogative to Venery; 



but if given in too large a Dofc^ they occafion tl 

 Head-ach, and a ftrange Gi'ddinefs. I knew 

 nn Inflance of a Woman who had boiled the frefh 

 Tops of the Plant in a large Qiiantity in Water, 

 asa Remedy for the Jaundice, J know not by 

 what Information, and having drank'' this in large 

 "Draughts, .was as a Pcrfor; drunk and out of her 

 Senfes, ihe complained of Numbnefs in her 

 Limbs, and feem.ed in Danger of her Life, but 

 ^Tature recovered her aftex a few Hours with' 

 out other Afliftance. 



The CrabTree. 

 MALUS SYLVESTRIS. 



Common Hedge Shrub, and when in Flower 

 very beautifbl. . The Trunk is uneven, arid 

 the Bark rdughj ,the Branches are knotty, the 

 Wood is firm, and the Bark of a dark Colour ; the 

 Leaves are broad and ihort, the Flowers are laro-e 

 and redifh, very beautiful and fweet, and the 

 Fruit is a fmall Apple. 



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Verjuice is made from the Crab, and it is a 

 Remedy for the falling down of the .Uvula, bet- 

 ter than molt other Applications j it is alfo good 

 againil: fore Tiiroats, and in all Diforders of thq 



Mouth. 



Cranes- 



