366 Tl^e Ufeftd Family Herbal , 



-which Is continued into a Thorn, and when thefe 

 Leaves fail off, remains a white Thorn of that 

 Length. The Flowers are white and fmall, they 

 are of the Shape of a Pea Bloffom, hut flatter ; 

 the Pods which follow are fhort and flat. _ / 

 No Part of the Shrub itfelf is ufed, biit we 



have a Gum produce(i by it, and called 



Name io the Shops; this is what they alfo 

 Gum Dragant^ it is white and tough, and is in 

 long twifted Pieces, it fweats out of the Bottom 

 of the Trunk, in the Heat of Summer. It is 

 good in Coughs arifmg froqi a fharp Humour; 

 and in Sharpnefs of Urine, and fharp Stools, but 

 it is a difagreeable Medicine ; it is very difficultly 

 powdered, and the Solution is not pleafant. 



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PERFOLJATA. 



A Very beautiful wild Plant among our Com, 

 ■^ diffinguifhed by the Stalk growing through 

 the Leaves. It is three Feet high. The Stalk 

 is round, firm, upright, whitifh, and toward the 

 Top divided into fome Branches. The Leaves 

 are broad and oval, the Stem runs through them 

 toward the Bottom, for they have no Foot- 

 Stalks, and they furround it in their largef!- Parr, 

 ending in a blunt Point. They are of a bluiHi 

 green Colour, and not dented at the Edges. The 



and yellow, they ft and in Clu 

 (lers, or a Kind of Umbels at the 7'ops of the 

 Branches, with a parcel of fmall Leaves placed 

 under them. The Root is white, oblong, and 

 /lender. 



The Leaves are iifed by the Country People 



againfl Wounds and Bruifes externallv, the 



are given inwardly, to prevent the ill Effecft 



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Thyme 



