384 CULPEPEB'S OOMPLStE HERBAL. 



Oovemment and Virt'ues. — This is a plant of the Sun. 

 Let the fruit of it be gathered accordinglj, which has the 

 most virtue whilst ^reeu, before it shells. The bark binds 

 and dries very much, and the leaves are much of the same 

 temperature, out when they are older, are heating and dry- 

 ing in the second degree, and are harder of digestion than 

 when fresh; if taken with sweet wine, they move the bel- 

 ly downwards, but if old they grieve the stomach ; and in 

 hot bodies, cause the choler to abound, producing head- 

 ache, and are an enemy to those that have the cough; but 

 are less hurtful to those that have a colder stomach, and 

 kill the broad worms in the stomach or belly. If taken 

 with onions, salt, and honey, they help the bites of mad 

 dogs, or poisonous bites of any kind. The juice of the green 

 husks boiled with honey, is an excellent gargle for sore 

 mouths, or the heat and inflammations in the throat and 

 stomach. The kernels, when they grow old, are more oily, 

 and unfit to be eaten, but are then used to heal the wounds 

 of the sinews, gaugreaea, and carbuncles. If burned, these 

 kernels are very astrin/ent, and will stay laxes and wo- 

 mens' courses, when taken in red wine, and stays the fall- 

 ing o5 the hair, and makes it fair, being anointed with oil 

 and wine. The green husks will act the same, if used in 

 the same manner. The kernels beaten with rue and wine, 

 and applied, helf)s the quinsy ; bruised with honey, and 

 applied to the ears, eases pains and inflammations therein. 

 The distilled water of the green leaves in the end of May, 

 cures foul running ulcers and sores, to be bathed with wet 

 cloths or sponges applied to them every morning. 



WATER- WORT (CHICKWEED.)-(^a^»n« 

 AUinastrum,) 



Descrip. — This has often been mistaken for Fluellin. It 

 has a small white fibrous root The first leaves are small, 

 narrow, and pointed ; they increase in size as they rise to the 

 middle, and then gradually diminish to the top; they have 

 no footstalks, and are of a grassy green colour : the stem 

 is so weak, it scarce holds itself upright, but trains some 

 part of its length on the ground. The flowers grow in the 

 Dosom of the leaves ; they are small, and supported on 

 slender and short footstalks ; they are of a yellowish aud 

 dark purple. The seed is very minute aud brown. 



Place, — It grows upon the borders of corn-fields, and 

 by running shallow waters. 



TiiM* — It ia in flower in May. 



