Tie Ufefid Family Herbal. 299 



The Primrose. 



PRIMULA VERIS. 



Very pretty, and very common Spring Plant, 

 The Leaves are long, confiderably broad, of 

 a pale Green, and wrinkled on the Surface : They 

 grow immediately from the Root in confiderable 

 Numbers. The Stalks which fupport the Flowers 

 are fingle, flender, four or five Inches high, a 

 Jittle hairy, and have no Leaves on them : One 

 Flower flands at the Top of each, and is large, 

 white, and beautiful, with a yellow Spot in the 

 Middle. The Root is fibrous and v/hitifli. 



The Root is ufed. The Juice of it, fnuffed up 

 the Nofe, occafions Sneezing, and is a good Re- 

 medy againfl the Head-ach. The dried Root 

 powdered, has the fame EfFc6l, but not fo power- 

 fully. 



Privet. 

 LIGUSTRUM. 



A Little wild Shrub in our Hedges. It grows 

 "^ four Feet high. The Stalks are llender, 

 , tough, and covered with a fmooth brown Bark. 

 The Leaves are oblong and narrow : They are 

 fmall, of a duflcy green Colour, broadeft in the 

 Middle, and placed in Pairs oppofite to one ano- 

 ther, and they are of a fomewhat firm Subitance, 

 and have no indenting at the Edges. The Flow- 

 ers are white and little, but they Hand in Tufts at 

 the Ends of the Branches, and by that make a 

 good Appearance. The Fruit Is a black Berry, 

 one fucceeds to every Fiov/er in the Cluftcr. 



The Tops are ufed ; and they are befl when the 

 Flowers are juft beginning to bud, A Urong In- 



fufion of them in Water, with the Addition of a 



little 



