no 



1%e Ufeful Family Herhah 



* and pointed at the ends, and feldonilie very evert* 

 The Flowers are a kind of brown or yellowifli 



. Heads, ftanding at the Tops and in the Divifions 

 cf the Stalks. 



The herb l^ruifed and applied to a frelh Wound 

 f^ps the bleeding j it may be alfo dried and given 



in Decoftibn, in which Form, it is good againft 

 the Whites, and will often flop violent Purging:?. 



C tJ M M I N. 



C U M I N U Nt. 



A Plant of the umbelliferous kind, cultivated 

 "^^ in every fart of tiie Eaft for the Value of the 

 S^ed. It srows a Foot and a half high. The 



jStalk is round, flriaced, green, and hollow. . The 

 Leaves are large, and very finely divided in the 

 tnanner of thole of Fennel. The Flowers ftand 

 m large Clufters at the Tops of the Branches, 

 ^nd they are fmall and white, with a Blulh of Red. 

 The Seeds are long and flraited. . ' 



The Seeds are ufcd. Our Druggifts keep them; 

 They arc of a very difagreeable Flavour, but of 

 cxxelk-nt Virtues ; they are good againft the Cho- 

 lic and Wind in the Stomach, and applied out- 

 tvardly, they will often remove Pains in the Side. 

 They muil be bruifed, and a large Quantity laid 



on. 



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The Black Cur r Ant. 



RIBESIA NIGRA. 



'Y^HIS is a little Shruba of late brdught very 



univerfally into our Gardens. It o-rmvs three 



^ four Foot high. The Bran<iies are'weak, and 

 the Bark is fmooth. TJiC Leaves are Harcre and 

 broad, and divided in the manner, of thofe^of the 

 comm.on CirtrantSi but thej^ have a flrono- Smelh 



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