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eree, some of the yirtaes of camomile, and are far more 



disagreeable in taste. The leaves operate bj urine, and in 

 some constitutions by stool ; but both ways roughly, and 

 ■hould be very cautiously tampered with. 



MEADOW -SWEET.-— (Spircea Ulmaria,) . 



2>escrip. — It has a long reddish fibrous root, from which 

 spring several pinnated leaves, having two or three pair 

 of opposite, large, serrated pinnie, with an odd one at the 

 end, cut into three parts; tney are hoary underneath, and 

 green above, wrinkled, and full of veins, and having seve- 

 ral small pieces between the pinnae ; the stalk is red and 

 angular, growing two or three feet high, beset in an alter- 

 nate order with the like leaves. The flowers grow upon 

 the tops of the stalks in umbel-fashion, being small, nve- 

 leave(t and full of apices, of a white colour, followed by 

 little round heads, screw-fashion, of several seeds together. 



Place, — It grows in moist meadows and by river-sides. 



Time, — It flowers in June. The leaves and tops are used. 



OovemmerU and Virtues. — Jupiter is recent of the Mea- 

 dow-sweet. The flowers are alexipharmic and sudorific, 

 and good in fevers, and all malignant distempers ; they are 

 likewise astringent, binding, and useful in fluxes of all 

 sorts. An infusion of the fresh-gatbered tops of this plant 

 promotes sweating. It is an excelleut medicine in fevers 

 attended with purgiugs, and may be given to the quantity 

 of a moderate bason full, once in two or three hours. It ui 

 a good wound-herb, whether taken inwardly or externally 

 applied. A water distilled from the flowers is good for 

 inflammations of the eyes. 



MEDLAR. — (Mespilus Oermanica.) 



Detcrip. — The branches grow to a reasonable size, with 

 long and narrow leaves, not deuted aboat the edges. At 

 the end of the sprigs stand the flowers, made of white, 

 great pointed leaves, nicked in the middle with some white 

 threads, after which come tbe fruit, of a brownish green 

 colour, being ripe, bearing a crown as it were on the top, 

 which were the five green leaves ; and being rubbed ofl^ or 

 fallen away, the head of the fruit is seen to be somewhat 

 hollow. The fruit is very harsh before it is mellowed, and 

 hath usually five hard kernels within it. 



Place. — It is a native of Germany, and is cultivated in 

 oar gardens and orcharda for the sstke of its fruit. 



