170 FAMILY HERBAL. 



colour, spotted or clouded irregularly with white, 

 and they are fall of a sort of prickles. The flow- 

 ers grow at the tops of the stalks,, several together, 

 among" the clusters of leaves ; they are hollow, 

 oblong, -and very wide open at the mouth ; their 

 colour ,is yellow, variegated with purple in the 

 middle, and they have a very pretty appearance. 



JJlie fresh gathered tops of the plant are to be 

 used ; an infusion of them is cooling, and works 

 by urine. Jt is good against scorbutic complaints, 

 and in the jaundice. 



Hop Plant. Lupulus. 



A climbing plant, with very long stalks, common 

 in our hedges, and cultivated also in many places. 

 The stalks are roundish, rough to the touch, and 

 of a purplish colour often, sometimes only green. 

 The leaves are very large, of a roundish figure, 

 deeply indented, of a dark green colour, and very 

 rough also to the touch. The fruit is sufficiently 

 known . 



A decoction of fresh gathered hops is good against 

 the jaundice ; and the powder of hops dried in an 

 oven has been often known to cure agues, but upon 

 this there is no absolute dependance. 



White Horehound. Marrubiwn album. 



'A white hoary plant, with little flowers in 

 tufts round the stalks, frequent in dry places in 

 many parte of the kingdom. It grows sixteen 

 inches high. The stalks are square, and very ro- 

 bust, hairy, pale coloured, and upright. The 

 leaves stand two at each joint ; they are short and 

 broad, blunt at the ends, and widely indented at 



