t Na " 
- PINEY. Spurry. Bloffoms ie da qr Tu 
ely ied fx. -A Auguft. : 
VANS, "e yer PEP MAIN, ANA SRNR - 
PHYTOLACCA. Linn. Gen. Plant. ui (o 
-Phytolacca foribus decandris. Syft.Nat. = TN P 
GARGET. Cunicum. Skoke. American Ni sifhade -Blo 
foms white, finge; po red. Berries, black, Common by 
road fides, . July. | 
-Fhe juice of the con gives a fine Aaa ici ie to ea 
but it food fades, The berries are employed in dyes. by the 
country people, but the colours are not lafting. They would 
make a moft beautiful purple dye, if fome method. could be 
— M The roots are emetic and cathar- 
An ounce of the dried root, infufed in a pint of wine, and 
€ to the quantity of two fpoonfuls, frequently operates very 
kindly as anemetic. . In fome cafes it is preferable to moft other 
emetics, as it hardly alters the tafte of the wine... The roots are 
applied to the hands and feet in ardent fevers... Farriers give a 
decofion of them to drench cattle, and. apply. them, in form 
of poultice, for difcuffing tumors. The young thoots boiled, 
are hardly to be diftinguifhed from fpinach, and are nutritious 
and wholefome. Poultry are fond of the berries ; but, if eaten 
in large quantities, will give their fleth a difagreeable flavour. 
DODECANDRITA 
5g id iod Hsu a -MONOGTNIA. | 
-POR TULAGA.. Linn. Gen. Plant. 541. 
P intel falis. cunciformibus floribus feffilibus. - Syft. Nat, 
PURSLANE. The number of the ftamina are inconflant. 
Blooms yellow. In corn-fields. July. 
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