l^he Ufeful Family HerhaL 



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on the fame Plant: And in others, the Male 

 Flowers and the Female grow upon 'abfolutely 

 different Plants, but of the fame Kind. This is 



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the Cafe in the Dare Tree as we fee, and it is the 

 fame though we do not much regard it in Hemp, 

 Spinage, and many others. 



The Fruit of the Date is the only Part ufed, 



It is as thick as a. "Man's Thumb and nearly 

 p long of a fweet T:.{le, and compofed of 

 juicy Pulp, in a tender Skin with a Stone 

 in it. They are ftrengthening and fomewhat 

 aftringent, but wc da not much ufe rhpin. 



with 



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Devi l"s Bit. . 



SUCCISA. 



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Wild Plant in our Meadows, with {lender 

 Stalks, and globous Flowers. It grows two 

 two Foot high. The Stalks are round, firm, and 

 upright, and divided into feveraf Branches : They 

 have two little Leaves at each Joint. The Flow- 

 ers are as big as a fmall Walnut, and compofed of 



rrany little^ ones ; their Colour is very ftrong anc| 

 beautifjl. The Leaves which grow from the 

 Root are Tour Inches long, an Inch broad, obtufe, 

 of a dark Green, and a little hairy, not at all di- 

 vided, or fo much as indented at the Edges. The 

 Roots are white, and compofed of a thick Head, 

 which terminates abruptly as if it had been bitten 

 or broken off, and of a Multitude of Fibres. The 

 Devil, as old Women fay, bit it away envying 

 Mankind its Virtues. . 



The Leaves are to be-gathercd before thq Stalks 

 appear. They are good againft Coughs, and the 

 Diforders of the Lungs, given in Decodion. The 

 Root dried and given in Powder, promotes Sweat, 

 and is a good Medicine in Fevers, but v,'e nedect 



It. 



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