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7^^ Ufeful Family Hcrhal, 287 



fiftcr Gonorrhoeas ; but for this Purpofe it is better 

 to boil fome better Sort of Turpentine, to the 

 Confiftence and give it. 



P I O N Y. 



P^ONIA. 



Flower common in our Gardens, but of great 

 Ufe as well as Ornament. The common 

 double Piony, is not the Kind ufed in Medicine : 

 This is called the female Piony, the fingle flowered 

 one called the male Piony, is the right Kind. 

 Thjs grows two or three Feet high. The Stalk 

 is round, llriated, and branched : The Leaves are 

 of a deep Green, and on each compofed of feveral 

 others: The Flowers are very large, and of a deep 

 Purple with a green Head in the Middle. When 

 they are decayed, this Head fwells out into two 

 or more Seed Veffels, which are vvhitifh and hairy ^ 

 on the Outfide, and red within, and full of black 

 Seeds. The Root is compofed of a Number of 

 longilli or roundilh Lumps connefted by Fibres 

 to the main Source of the Stalk, thefe are browa 

 on the Outfide, and whitifh within*. 



The Roots arc ufed ; an Infufion of them pro- 

 motes the Menfes. The Powder of them dried 



r 



is good againft hyfteric and nervous Complaints. 

 It is particularly recommended againft the faHing 



Sicknefs. 



A 



The PisT.ACHiA Tree. 



PISTACHIA. 



Tree common in the Eaft. The Trunk Is CO- 

 vered with a brown rough Bark, theBrancIic? 

 grow irregularly, and their Bark is redilh. The 

 Leaves are each compofed of feveral Pairs of fmali 



pnes 5 thefe &re oblgne, brc>ad, and of a beautiful 



green 



