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Common Broom. Anglts. 



Bealaidh. Gaulis, 



In dry foils not unfrequent. In Rojlin woods. Dr. 

 Farjons, T? . VI. VII. 



The lower leaves of this fhrub are hairy and ter- 

 nate, the upper ones fmgle : the flowers are yel- 

 low, and grow in thn fpikes, intermixed withi 

 leaves, one on a peduncle. 



It has a bitter taile and diuretic quality. A lixi- 

 viiim made of the allies, or a dcco(5lion of the 

 plant, (lands recommended for the dropfy. The 

 flowers and feeds, from two drachms to half an 

 ounce, are a ftrong vomit. Its oeconomical ufes 

 are various. 



The flower-buds are in fome countries pickled and 

 eaten as capers, and the feeds have been made a 

 bad fubflitute for coffee. The twigs and branches 

 are ufed for making of brooms, and for tanning 

 of leather, in which intention they are not infe-i 

 rior to oak-bark : they are alfo ufed inn:ead of 

 thatch to cover houfes : the old v/ood furniflies 

 the cabinet-maker vath mofl: beautiful materials 

 for vaneering : the tender branches are in fome 

 places mixed with hops for brewing-, and the 

 macerated bark is found capable of being ma- 

 nufadured into cloth. 



GENISTA. Gen, pi. 859. 

 CaL bilabiatus, 2-3. Vexillum oblongum, a piflillo 

 fl:aminibufque deorfum reflexum. 



* Inermes, 



