BOOK Iir. CHAP. VIII. 773 



104. Turkey Berries. — Solanum ajj'urgens trlchotomum foliis 

 ovatis, fruSlibus mlnoribus. 



This and the other plant of the like name are common in the 

 lowlands. They bear pretty thicks the berries are generally of 

 the fize of the European cherries, and ferve to feed turkies. 



There are feveral other fpecies of the folanum, whofe roots are 

 poflefTed of great medicinal virtue, anfwerable to different intentions, 

 fome being hot, and others cooling. 



105. Tomato. Lycoperjicum calicibiisfeptem partis, fruSfu rotunda, 



glabra. 



Thefe berries are very large, comprefTed at both ends, and deeply 

 furrowed all over the fides, filled with a pulpy juice, which has 

 fomewhat the tafte of gravy, for which reafon they are often ufed 

 in foups and fauces, and impart a very grateful flavour; they are 

 like wife fried, and ferved up with eggs. 



The Spaniards efteem them aphrodtfiacs. 



The juice is cooling, and of fervice in defluxions on the eyes, and 

 all inflammatory indilpofitions. 



106. Winter Cherry. Phyfalis. 



The berries are yellow when ripe. They are looked upon as 

 diuretic, and ferviceable in over-heated or febrile habits; they have 

 a gentle fubacid tafte, joined with a light bitter, which renders them 

 agreeable to the palate in fuch cafes. 



The fume of the plant in irs fucculent ftate, burnt with wax, and 

 received into the mouth, has been obferved to kill the worms in and 

 about the teeth, and eafe the tooth-ach. Where the berries are re- 

 quired as a diuretic, they are bruifed and flieeped in Rhenidi wine, or 

 the juice thickened to the confidence of an extrai!^. The juice of 

 the leaves and fruit mixed with Indian pepper is faid to give imme- 

 diate relief in the colic, provoke urine, and open obibudions. 



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