12 8 "The Ufeful Family Herhal. 



erful Remedy, and a fniall Dofe will take Efieft, 

 efpecially of the Juice, fo that it is beil to begin 

 with very little, and as that is well born, to increafe 

 the Quantity. , 



Dragons. 



DRACONTIUM. 



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A Fine tall and beautiful Plant, kept in Gar- 

 •^ dens for its Ufe in Medicine, a's well as fof its 

 Appearance. It is four Feet high. The Stalk is 

 thick, round, and firm, perfectly fmooth, and 

 painted on the Surface with feveral Colours, 

 Purple, White, Green, and others. The Leaves 

 are very large, and ftand on long Foot-Stalks : 

 They are of a deep and flrong Green, and each is 

 divided into ieveral Portions in the Manner of 

 Fingers. The Flower is like that of the com- 

 mon Arum or Cuckow Pint : It is contained in a 

 hollow green Cafe, of a deep Purple within, and 

 ^}^t. Piflil is ufually alfo of a deep Purple ; after 

 tliis is fallen, appear, as in the Arum, large red 

 Beriies in a Clufber. The whole Plant is of an 

 acrid and infupportable Tafte. 



The whole Plant is to be gathered when in 

 Flower, and dried j it may afterwards be given in 

 Decotftion, Powder, or otherwife. It was vaftly 

 eftecmed for malienant Fevers, and in the Small 



Pox, but it has oF late loft much of its Credit, at 

 prefent it is only ufed in fome Compofitions. 



The Dragons Blood Tree. 



SANGUIS DRACONIS ARBOR. 



Very beautiful Tree, Native of the Canaries^ 

 and fome other Places. It is of the Palm 

 Kind, and one of the handfomeft of them. The 

 Trunk is naked all t^e way to the Top, and there 



Hand 



