976 otjlpepeb's complets herbal. 



Place. — It is found by road sides, and in waste places. 



Time, — The flowers bloom in August. 



Government and Virtues. — It is under the government 

 of Venus. The leaves, when bruised, emit a quick and 

 aromatic smelL They are bitterish to the taste, with some 

 sharpness. A weak tea made of this herb is good to pro- 

 mote the menses, and much preferable to any mineral. 



PLUMS.— CPn/nw Domestica.) 



Thet are so well known that they need no description. 



Oovemment and Virtttes, — All Plums are under Venus. 

 There is great diversity of kinds, some that are sweet 

 moisten the stomach, and make the belly soluble, those 

 that are sour quench thirst more, and bind the belly; the 

 moist and waterish corrupt the stomach, but the firm do 

 nourish more, and offend less. The dried fruit, under the 

 name of damask Prunes, somewhat loosen the belly, and 

 when stewed, are used, both in health and sickness, to re- 

 lish the mouth and stomach, to procure appetite, and to 

 open the body, allay choler, and cool the stomach. Plum- 

 tree leaves boiled in wine, are good to wash and gargle the 

 mouth and throat, to dry the flux of rheum coming to the 

 palate, gums, or almonds of the ears. The gum of the tree 

 la good to break the stone. The gum or leaves boiled iu 

 Tinegar, and applied, kills tetters and ringworms. 



POLEY (MOUNTAIN.)— (^TVumwm Folium.) 



Descrip. — This grows about a foot high, much branch- 

 ed, with squarish woolly husks, having two small white 

 woolly leaves at a joint, not above half an inch long, and 

 scarcely half so broad, blunt pointed, and indented about 

 the edges towards the end. The flowers grow at the ends 

 of the branches, in round woolly thick spikes, small, and 

 of a white colour, labiated, but having no galea, being set 

 in white, hoary, five-pointed calices; £)th leaves and flow- 

 ers have a pleasant aromatic scent. 



Place. — It is a native of Italy, but will bear the cold of 

 our country, if taken care of in a greeu -house in winter. 



Time, — it flowers in July and August 



Govemm^ent and Virtue. — It is under the dominion of 

 Venus. It is opening and attenuatiug, good for obstruc- 

 tions of the- liver and spleen; it is good in dropsy and jaun- 

 dice ; it provokes urine and the menses, and is serviceable 

 in venomous bites. Outwardly applied, it is emollienti il» 



