^ l7je Ufeful Family HerbaL 2^9 



The Leaves of Mifletoe dried and powdered 

 &rc a famous Remedy for the falling Sicknefs. 

 They are good in ail nervous Diforders, and have 

 been known to perform great Cures taken for a 

 Continuance of Time. 



The Indian Myrobalan Tkei;. 



MYROBALANUS INDICA. 



Tree Native of the warmer Climates, and not 



yet got into our Gardens. It gro¥/s to twenty 



Feet high. The Branches are numerous, and very 



^ irregularly difpofed. The Leaves are long and 



narrow : The Flowers are white, and like the Blof- 



foms of our Plum-Trees ; and the Fruit refembles 



a Plum, oblong and flelhy, with a long Stone or 

 Kernel, but the Fruit is generally gathered before 

 the Stone hardens, fo that it feems to have none. 

 We ufed to have the Fruit brought over, and 

 it was given as a Purge, but at preient none re- 

 gard it. There are alfo four othei-s of the fame 

 Kind, the Names of which we fee in Books of Me- 

 dicine, but the Fruits are not to be met with, 

 nor is it much Lofs, for we have better Things tp 

 anfwer their Purpofes. They were called the Ci-« 

 trine, ChebuJe, Belleric, and Emblec Myroba- 

 laus, they are all ufed as Purges, but common 

 3ena is worth them all. 



M O O N W O R T. 



LUNARIA. 



A Very fingular and very pretty Plant, frequent 

 in foiiKe Parts of the Kingdom, but in moil 

 very fcarce. It grows fix Inches high ; and con- 

 fifts of the Stalk one Leaf and the Flowers. The 

 Stalk is round, firm, and thick. It is naked to. 

 the Middle, and there grows the Leaf, which is 



compofcd 



