APPENDIX. 



1093 



279. Syji. nat. edit. 13. p. 194. (Ger. emac. 

 ' 1337. fg. I. Black'welL t. 135.) 



Buckthorn, or purging Thorn. AngUs. 



I am afllired by Mr. T'alden^ that this has been 



found growing wild near Dumfries, fj V. 

 This is a dioecious {hrub, the old branches of 



•which are terminated with thorns. 

 The leaves are oval-lanceolate, finely ferrated on 

 . . the edges, their nerves converging together. 



The flowers grow in cluflcrs, one on each foot- 

 flalk, white, and in this fpecies divided into 

 , . four fegments, containing iom- Jlamina and one 



* \ JlyJe. The fruit is a round black berry, con- 



taining four feeds. 

 ^ The juice of the berries, in tlie quantity of five 

 or fix drachms, is a ftrong purge ; but it is ge- 

 .. ' nerally made into a fyrup for this purpofe, two 



, ounces of which is a dofe. The bark is emetic- 

 The juice of the unripe berries with allum, 

 ;. dyes a yellow color-, of the ripe ones, a green 



color. 

 The bark alfo dyes yellow. 



trifoliata. MENYANTHES. p. 137. 



The Highlanders efteem an infufion or tea of the 

 , f leaves, as good to ftrengthen a weak flomach. 



Mr. Stuart. 



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