272 FAMILY HERBAL. 



Pol vpod y . Po ly podium. 



A SMALL plant of the fern kind. It is a foot 

 high, and consists only e*f a single leaf. Several of 

 these commonly rise from the same root, but each 

 is a separate and entire plant. The stalk is naked 

 for live inches,, and from tin nee to the top stand on 

 each "side, a row of small, oblong, and narrow 

 segments, resembling' so many small leaves, with 

 an odd one at the em). The whole plant is of a 

 bright green colour, but the backs of these divisions 

 of the leaf, are at a certain season, toward autumn, 

 ornamented with a great number of round brown 

 spots, these are the seeds : those of all ferns are 

 carried in the same manner. The root is long, 

 slender, and creeps upon the surface of old stump* 

 of trees among the moss. The root is used, and it 

 is best fresh ; it is a safe and gentle purge ; the best 

 way of giving it is in decoction, in which form it 

 always operates also by urine. It is good in the 

 jaundice and dropsies, and is an excellent ingredient 

 in diet-drinks against the scurvy ; but beside these 

 considerations, it is a safe and good purge, on all 

 common occasions. 



The Pomegranate Turn:. Granatus. 



A COMMON wild tree in Spain and Ita \ 

 kept with us in gardens. It grows to the bigm ' 

 of our apple-trees. Tlu* brandies spread irrcgi 

 larlv;thev have a reddish brown bark, anal ha* 

 here and there a few thorns. The leaves are u 

 merous ; on the extremities of the branches tlu 

 are small, oblong, narrow, and of a fine gret". 

 The dowers are large, and of a beautiful deep red 

 the fruit is as big as a large apple, and has a brov 

 woody covering ; it contains within a great qu 



