2!)4 ctulpvpsb's complste herbal. 



large, and of a white or pale yellow colour. The seeds ar« 

 onall, numeroas, and of a roundish figure. 



Flctce. — It is common in woods, hedges, and thicketsj, 

 tarticularly in a clayey soil. 



Time. — The flowers appear in March and April. 



Government and Virtues. — It is under the aominion of 

 f enus. The roots are used as a sternutatory to the head: 

 the best way of using them is to bruise them, and express 

 the juice, which, beiug snuffed up the nose, occasions vio- 

 lent sneezing, and brings away a great deal of water, but 

 without being productive of any bM&d effect Dried and re- 

 duced to powder, it will produce the same effect, but not 

 ■0 powerfully. Id this state it is good for nervous disoi 

 den, but the dose must be small. A dram and a half of the 

 dried roots, taken in autumn, ia a strong, but safe emetic. 



V^(lVWl.—(Ligu8trum Vulgare.) 



Detcrip. — This bush does not grow large, it has many 

 smooth, tough, pliant branches, clothed with small oblong 

 leaves, broadest in the middle, and sharp-ix)inted at the 

 end. It bears long and narrow green leaves dv the couples, 

 and sweet-smelling white flowers in tufts at the ends of the 

 branches, which turn into small black berries that have a 

 purplish juice in them, and some seeds that are flat on 

 the one side, with a hole or dent therein. 



Place, — It grows in this country, in divers woods. 



Tim^. — It flowers in June and July ; and the berries 

 are ripe in 'August and September. 



Government and Virtues. — The Moon owns this herb. 

 It is used more especially in lotions to wash sores, and 

 sore mouths, to cool inflammatious, and dry up fluxe& The 

 sweet water distilled from the flowers, is good to heal all 

 those diseases that need cooling and drying, and help all 

 fluxes of the belly and stomach, bloody-fluxes, and wo- 

 mens' courses, if drunk or applied; as the voiding of blood 

 at the mouth, or any other place, for distilling rheum from 

 the eyes, especially if it be used with Tutia. 



PUESLANE.— CPorrw/oca Oleracea.) 



Descrip. — This plant is so well known that a short de* 

 ■cription may serve, it having round, smooth, reddish, and 

 succulent brittle stalks, with fat thick leaves, and broader 

 at the end than next the stalk. The flowers grow on the 

 tops of the stalks among the leaves, being small, five- lea v. 



