294 ^^ "^fefi^^ Family Herbal, 



Green. The Flowers are large, and of a beauti- 

 ful deep Red : The Fruit is as bio; as a large 



Apple, and has a brown woody Covering j it con- 

 tains within, a great Quantity of Seeds, with a 

 fweet and tart Juice about them. 



The Rind of the Fruit is ufed, it is to be dried 

 and, given in Decocftion; it is a powerful Aftrin- 

 gent: It flops Purgings and Bleedings of all Kinds, 

 and is good againft the Whites. 



The Wild Pomegranate Tree. 



A 



BALAUSTIA. 



Smaller Tree than the former, but like it in 

 its Manner of Growth; except that the 

 Branches are' more crooked and irregular, and arc 

 more thorny. The Leaves are oblong, fmall, and 

 of a bright Green, and they arc fet in Cluflers 

 towards the End of the Branches. The Flowers 

 are beautiful, they are double like a Rofe, and of a 

 fine Purple. 



The Flowers are the Part of the wild Pome-r 

 granate ufed in Medicine, ourDruggifts keep them 

 and call them Balauftines. They are given in 

 ■ Powder or Deco6lion to flop Purgings, bloody 

 Stools, and Overflowings of the Menfes. A flrong 

 Infufion of them cures Ulcers in the Mouth and 

 Throat, and is good a Thing to wafh the Mouth 

 for fafiening the Teeth. 



The P o M p K I N. 



P E P O. 



^Very large and ftraggling Plant, cultivated by 



our poor People. The Stalks are very long 

 and thick, but they lie upon the Ground, they 

 are angulated and rough. The Leaves are ex- 

 tremely large, and of a roundifh Figure, but 



cornered 



