24 5 ^The Ufeftil Family Herhal 



will bear our Climate better than is Tmagined, there 

 are, in fome Places Hedges, of it five or fix Feet 

 high, that (land the Winters, without the leaft 

 Hurt. 



The Leaves and Berries of the Myrtle are iifed, 

 they arc cordial and aflringent. A ftrong Infufion 

 of the frefli Leaves is good againft a flight Purg- 



ing, ftrengthning the Stomach at the fame Time 



that it removes the Complaint. The dried Leaves 

 powdered, are excellent againft the Whites. The 

 Berries are good againft bloody Fluxes, Overflow-! 

 in^s of the Menfes, and in Spitting of Blood. 



Mi s l e t o e. 

 YISCUS. 



\ Singular Plant, Native of our own Countr}^ 

 but growing not on the Earth as other Herbs, 

 but upon the Branches of Trees ; on which it 

 makes a very conlpicuous Figure. It grows two 

 Feet high, and its Branches are fo numerous, and 

 fpread in fach a Manner, that the whole Plant is 

 as broad as tall, and appears a round yellow Tuft 

 of that Diameter, quite unlike to the Tree on 

 which it grows, in Fruit, Leaves, and Bark. The 

 main Stem is half an Inch Diameter, the Branches 



divide always by 



break at 



the Joints or Divifions. The Bark is throug 

 of a yellowifh Colour, though with fome Mixture 

 of green "on the young Shoots ; the Leaves are 

 alfo yellowifh, they grow two at each Joint : The 

 fleihy, oblong, narroweft at the Bottom, an 



r 



b 



fmall 



The Flowers are yel- 

 id inconfiderable i the 



Fruit is a white Berry, round, and of the Bignefs 

 pf a Pea, this is full of a towgh, clammy Juice. 



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