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on dry banks, and is a foot and half high. The stalk 

 is round and thick, firm, upright, and single. The 

 leaves stand irregularly ; they are oblong*, narrow, 

 smooth, not dented at the edges, and pointed at 

 the ends : the flowers stand in a short and thick spike ; 

 they ape large, and many of them are generally open 

 together ; they have a spur behind, and their forepart 

 is of two yellows, a darker in the middle, and a paler 

 on each side. 



The tops are used fresh gathered, or the whole 

 herb dried. An infusion of them is excellent 

 against the jaundice, and all inward obstructions ; 

 it gently promotes the menses, and works by urine. 

 A fine cooling ointment is made by boiling the fresh 

 plant chopped to pieces in lard, till it be crisp ; the 

 lard is then to be strained off, and is of a fine green 

 colour. 



Tobacco. Nicotlana, 



A tall and beautiful plant, native of the West 

 Indies, but kept in our gardens. It is five feet 

 high ; the stalk is round, thick, upright, single, and 

 a little hairy. It has a clammy dampness about it, 

 by which it sticks to the hands in touching. The 

 leaves are very large, oblong, and pointed at the 

 ends. They are of a dusky green colour, and feel 

 also clammy like the stalk. The flowers are red 

 and large ; they are long, hollow, and open at the 

 mouth. The seed-vessel is oval, and the seeds arc 

 small. 



The leaves are good fresh or dried. A slight 

 infusion of them fre^h gathered is a powerful 

 vomit ; it is apt to work too roughly, but for con- 

 stitutions that will bear it, is a good medicine 

 against rheumatic pains. An ointment made of the 

 fresh ones with lard, is good against the inflam- 



