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Hone y-S u c c l e. 



PERICLYMENUM. 



A Beautiful wild Shrub. The Trunk is feidom 

 more than an Inch thick; the Branches are 

 very long and flender, of a redifh Colour, brittle, 

 ajid all of the fame Bignefs. The Leaves (land 

 in Pairs, they are broad, ftiort, blunt, of a dark 

 dead green Colour. The Flowers grow in little 

 Clufters, they are long, flender, tubular, and very 

 fragrant, the Berries are red. 



The frefii Leaves of Honey-Suckle given in De- 

 co^ion, are good againft Obftrudlions of the Liver 

 and Spleen, they work by Urine, and they are 

 alfo a good Gargle for a fore Throat. 



Hon E Y w o R T. 

 CERINTHE. 



A Juicy Plant frequent wild in many Parts of 

 Europe^ but with us kept in Gardens. It has 

 its Name from the fweet Tafte of the Flowers. 

 Aim oft all Flowers have a Drop of Honey Juice 

 iti their Bottom: This is indeed the real Sub- 

 llance of Honey, for the Bees only pick it out 

 and get it together : The hollow Flowers in ge- 

 neral have more of it, or it is little preferved in 

 them than others, but fcarce any in fo great a 

 Degree as this Plant named from it. It is two 

 Feet high, when kept ereft, but if left to itfelf, 

 it is very apt to lean upon the Ground. The Stalk 

 is round, thick, juicy, and tender -, the Leaves 

 are large, oblong, broad, they furround and in- 

 clofe the Stalk at their Bafe; they are of a bluiHi 

 green Colour, fpotted or clouded irregularly with 

 white, and they are full of a Sort of Prickles. 

 The Flowers grow at the Tops of the Stalks, 



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