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red, painful, and threatens to have bad consequences, 

 and they disperse it. The application must be 

 frequently renewed, and the're are those who speak 

 of its curing the evil. 



Honey-Suckle. Periclymenum. \ 



A beautiful wild shrub. The trunk is seldom 

 more than an inch thick ; the branches are very 

 long and slender, of a reddish colour, brittle, and all 

 of the same bigness. The leaves stand in pairs, 

 they are broad, short, blunt, of a dark dead green 

 colour. The flowers grow in little clusters ; they 

 are long, slender, tubular, and very fragrant ; the 

 berries are red. 



The fresh leaves of honey -suckle given in de- 

 coction, are good against obstructions of the liver 

 and spleen ; they work by urine, and they are also 

 a good gargle for a sore throat. 



Honeywort. Cerinthe. 



A juicy plant frequently wild in many parts 

 of Europe, but with us kept in gardens. It has 

 its name from the sweet taste of the flowers. Al- 

 most all flowers have a drop of honey juice in their 

 bottom : this is indeed the real substance of honey, 

 for the bees only pick it out and get it together : 

 the hollow flowers in general have more of it, or 

 it is better preserved in them than others, but scarce 

 any in so great a degree as this plant named from 

 it. It is two feet high, when kept erect/ but if left 

 to itself, is very apt to lean upon the ground. The 

 stalk is round, thick, juicy, and tender ; the leaves 

 are large, oblong, broad, they surround and inclose 

 the stalk at their base ; they are of a bluish green 



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