206 FAMILY HERBAL. * 



of it c *ops the overflowings of the menses, and all other 

 bleedings ; it is remarkable against the spitting of 

 blood, and hence it is got into general use in consump- 

 tion", but that not so properly. It may be given in 

 powder, but the other way is better. 



Lupine. Lupinus sativus albus 



There are many lupines kept in gardens, but 

 the best kind for use is the white-flowered ; it 

 grows to a yard high, the stalk is round, thick, firm, 

 and of a pale green. The leaves stand on long foot- 

 stalks, and are each composed of seven, eight, or 

 nine long narrow ones, disposed in the manner of 

 fingers ; these are also of a whitish green colour. 

 The flowers are large and white, of the shape of a 

 pea-blossom. The pods are hairy, A decoction of 

 the seeds of lupines, drank in the manner of barley 

 water, not only works by urine, but is good to bring 

 down the menses, and open all obstructions. It is 

 excellent in the beginning of consumptions, jaun- 

 dices, and dropsies ; but when those diseases are ad- 

 vanced to a height, more powerful remedies are to 

 be employed. A decoction made very strong is 

 good to wash the heads of children that have break- 

 ings out upon them ; they cleanse and dispose them 

 to heal. 



Golden Lungwort. Pulmonaria aurca. 



A tale, erect, and beautiful plant of the hawk- 

 weed kind, with yellow (lowers, and very hairy leaves ; 

 it is frequent in the mountainous parts of Europe, and 

 we have it wild in some places in England, upon walls 

 and in very dry places, but with us it is not common, 



It is two feet high ; the leaves are large and ob- 

 long ; they grow half a dozen or thereabout im- 



