FAMILY HERBAL. 11 



As much bruised aniseed as will lie on a 

 sixpence is excellent in cholic. 'Tis also 

 good in indigestions, and other complaints of the 

 stomach. 



Apples of Love. Po?na Amoris. 



These are large juicy fruits, but they are pro- 

 duced not on a tree, but on a small and low plant. 

 The stalks are weak, and divided into many 

 branches ; the leaves are large, but they are com- 

 posed of many small ones set on a divided stalk, 

 and they are of a faint yellowish green colour. The 

 flowers are small and yellow, the fruit is large, and, 

 when ripe, of a red colour ; it contains a soft juicy 

 pulp and the seeds. 



The plant is a kind of nightshade, we cultivate 

 it in gardens. The Italians eat the fruit as we do 

 cucumbers. The juice is cooling, and is good 

 externally used in eruptions on the skin, and in 

 diseases of the eyes, where a sharp humour is trouble- 

 some. 



Archangel. Lamhim Album. 



A common wild plant, more vulgarly called 

 the dead-nettle. It grows about our hedges, it 

 is a foot high, and has leaves shaped like those 

 of the nettle, but they do not sting. The stalk 

 is square, and the leaves are hairy ; the flowers 

 are large and white ; they stand at the joints where 

 the leaves are set on, and are very pretty. The 

 leaves stand in pairs, and the root creeps under the 

 surface. 



The flowers are the only part used ; they are 

 to be gathered in May, and made into conserve. 

 A pound of them is to be beat up with two pounds 



