318 FAMILY HERBAL, 



Wood Soijbel. Luiula. 



A very pretty little plant, common about our 

 wood sides, and distinguished by its bright green 

 elegant leaves, and pretty flowers. The leaves rise 

 in considerable number from the same root ; they 

 stand three together upon separate, long, and very 

 slender foot-stalks, of a reddish colour ; each is of a 

 heart-like shape, the broad and indented part hang- 

 ing downwards, and the three smaller ends meeting 

 on the summit of the stalk. The flowers are 

 whitish, tinged with purple, very bright and de- 

 licate ; they stand also on single stalks, and rise im- 

 mediately on the root. The seed-vessels are large, 

 and when ripe, they burst asunder with the least 

 touch, and the seeds fly about. The root is small 

 and irregular. 



The leaves are used ; they are to be fresh gather- 

 ed ; their roots are very agreeably acid, and the juice 

 of them makes a pretty syrup. The leaves also beat 

 up with three times their weight of sugar, make an 

 excellent conserve. They are good to quench thirsts 

 in fevers, and they have the same virtue with the 

 other against the scurvy and in sweetening the 

 Mood. 



Southernwood. Abrotamun mas. 



A siiKrniiY plant, native of many parts of 

 Europe, but kept in our gardens. The stem is 

 woody, and tough, and is covered with a brown 

 bark. The leaves are divided into tine slender 

 parts, and are of a pale green, whitish colour, and 

 strong smell. The flowers are small and yellowish ; 

 they grow in great numbers on the top of the stalk, 

 and are naked and of a rough appearance. The 

 feeds are longislv, and o\ a pale brown. 



