2 FAMILY HERBAL. 



branches, as the plum-tree and cherry-tree gum 

 do with us. 



The acacia juice is an astringent but little 

 used. The gum arable is good in stranguries, 

 and in coughs from a thin sharp rheum ; it is 

 to be given in solution, an ounce boiled in a 

 quart of barley-water, or in powder in electuaries 

 or otherwise. 



What is called the German acacia is the juice 

 of unripe sloes evaporated in the same manner. 



Aconite. Anihora nice aconitum salutiferum. 



There are many poisonous aconites, not used ; 

 but there is one medicinal and kept in the shops : 

 this is called the wholesome aconite and antithora. 



It is a small plant, a foot high, with pale 

 green divided leaves and yellow flowers. It 

 grows erect, and the stalk is firm, angular, and 

 hairy ; the leaves do not stand in pairs. The 

 flowers are large and hooded, and of a pleasant 

 smell : the seed-vessels are membranaceous, and the 

 seeds black ; the root is tuberous, it sometimes 

 consists of one lump or knob, sometimes of more. 

 ft is a native of Germany, but we have it in gar- 

 dens. The root is the only part used ; it is sup 

 posed to be a remedy against poisons, but it is not 

 much regarded at this time. 



An d krs tom;ve. Oph ioglossum. 



Aoder's tongue is a little plant common in OHr 

 meadows. It consists of a single leaf, with 

 ;) little spike of seeds rising from its bottom, 

 which is supposed to resemble the tongue of a 

 serpent. 



The leaf k of an oval shape, and of a fim* 



