M FAMILY HERBAL, 



of a shining green colour, and glossy surface; the 

 flowers are small and yellowish ; the fruit is a round 

 yellowish berry. The root is large, irregular, and 

 knotty; brown on the outside, and reddish withiu. 

 This is the part used, they send it over to our 

 druggists: it is a sweetener of the blood, and is 

 used in diet-drinks for the venereal disease and the 

 scurvy. It is also said to be very good against the 

 gout, taken for a long time together. 



There is another kind of this root brought from 

 America, paler on the outside, and much of the 

 same coiour with the other within; some have sup- 

 posed it of more virtue than the other, but most 

 suppose it inferior, perhaps neither has much. 



Chich. Ciccr. 



A LITTLE plant of the pea kind, sown in some 

 places for the fruit as peas. The plant is low and 

 branched ; the stalks are round and weak, and of a 

 pale green. The leaves are like those of the pea, 

 but each little leaf is narrower, and of a paler green, 

 and hairy like the stalk : the flowers are small and 

 white, and resemble the pea blossom. The pods 

 are short, thick, and hairy, and seldom contain 

 more than two, often but one seed or chich in 

 each. 



They are eaten in some places, and they are gentle 

 diuretics. 



Cinquefoil. Pcntaphyllum. 



A CREEPING wild plant common about way- 

 sides, and in pastures. The stalks are round and 

 smooth, and usually of a reddish colour ; they lie 

 unon the ground, and take root at the joints; the 

 leaves stand on long foot -stalks, five on each stalk ; 



