330 OULPSPSR'B OOMFLSTie HXBBAL 



liver, and spleen, cleansing those parts of evil humours ; 

 strengthens the senses, procures mirth, and is also good in 

 chronic agues, whether quartan or quotidian. It cleanses 

 and purities the blood, and causes a fresh and lively habit 

 of the body, and is an especial inj,'redient in diet-drinks, 

 and to make purging-ale for cleansing the blood. The 

 Common Bladder Senna {Colutea Arborescens) works very 

 violently both upwards and downwards, offending the 

 stomach and bowels. 



SEE MOUNTAIN."-<^orfl?yattw Officinale.) 



JDescrip. — This is sometimes called Hartwort, has a large 

 thick root, that strikes deep into the earth, with many 

 stringy fibres at the bottom. The stalk rises as high as a 

 man, full of branches, having many large winged leaves, 

 as it were encompassing the stalks with a thin sheath, cut 

 into several segments, each of which is usually divided into 

 five, and at the end three oval smaller leaves, smooth, and 

 pointed at the end. It has large umbels of small, five- 

 leaved, white flowers, each of which is succeeded by two 

 large long seeds, striated on the back, having a leafy bor- 

 der on each side, of a brown colour, a pretty strong smell, 

 and a hot bitterish taste. 



Place. — It grows upon the Alps, but with us is found 

 only in some gardens. 



Time. — It flowers in June. 



Oovemment and Virtues, — It is a warm martial plant, 

 both heating and drying ; it provokes urine and the men- 

 ses, expels the birth and after-birth ; and is good in disor- 

 ders of the head and womb. The seeds are put both into 

 Theriaca and Mithridat^. 



SERVICE TREE (COMMON.)— (Pyn« Torminatie.) 



Descrip. — This grows to be a pretty large tree, whose 

 branches are clothed with winged leaves, consisting of se- 

 ven or nine serrated pinnae, each leaf terminating in an odd 

 one. It has several clusters of five-leaved white flowers, 

 which are followed by fruit of the shape and size of a small 

 pear, growing several together on footstalks an inch long; 

 they are of a greenish colour, with a mixture of red, as 

 they are more or less exposed to the sun ; of a rough, austere, 

 choky taste ; but when ripe or mellow, sweet and pleasant. 



Place. — It is found wild in some parts of England, as in 

 Staffordshire and Cornwall. 



