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the Vifera, and is good againft the Jaundice, and 

 all other Difeafes arifino; from Obftruftions. 



The Furze Bush. ■ 



GENISTA SPINOSA. 



Wild Bufh, upon our Heaths, and by Road 

 Sides, too common to need much Dcfcription. 

 The Stem is thick, tough, and of a whitilh Co- 

 lour, covered with Fragments of an irregular Kind. 

 The Branches are extremely numerous, and fpread 

 in fuch a manner, that when the Plant is left to 

 itfelf, it forms a Kind of globular or femi-glo- 

 bular Tuft upon the Ground. The Thorns are 

 very numerous and very fharp, they ftand as it 

 were one upon another. The Leaves are little, and 

 of a pale Green, and they fall off fo quickly, that 

 for a great Part of the Year, we fee the Shrub 

 without any. The Flowers are yellow and beau- 

 tiful, and the Seeds are contained in Pods. The 

 Root fpreads a great Way, and is not ealily got 

 up, when the Shrub has once thoroughly fixed it- 

 felf. Every Piece of it left in, will fend up a 



new Plant. 



The Root and the Seeds are ufed, but neither 

 much. The Seeds dried and powdered are aflrin- 

 gent and a proper Ingredient in Eleduaries, among 

 other Things of that Intention. The Bark of 

 the Root is ufed frefh taken up, and is to be given 

 in Infufion : It v,'orks by Urine, and is good a- 

 gainft the Gravel ; but we have fo many better 

 Things of our own Growth for the fame Purpofe, 

 that it is fcarce worth while to meddle with it ; it 

 lofes it Virtues by drying. 



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