The BRITISH HERBAL. 
GENUS X. 
JUNIPER. 
JUNIPERUS. 
THE male flower, ar= placed m long catkins by threes ; and they have each a fcale at the 
hafe ■ befides this there are only Hlaments. The female flower has a cup divided into 
three parts and three hard pointed petals. The fruit is a round berry, containing three feeds. 
' LinniEus places this among the dimia imnadel[hia. 
Common Juniper. 
Juniperus vulgaris. 
Tt is commonly a ftrub of fix feet high, but 
will rife to a tree in feme places. 
The branches are numerous. 
The leaves are let very thick, and they are 
fmail, narrow, of a pale green, and fharp at the 
'""'The male flowers grow on fome tre.s, and the 
fruit on others: this is a round, purphlli berry, 
covered with a grey powder. 
We have it common on heaths. 
C. Bauhine calls it Junipcriis vulgaris fruticoja. 
The berries are an excellent carminative and 
diuretick ; as is alfo the wood. 
We have two other fpecies. 
1. Dwarf Mountain Juniper, Jmiiferus Jlpim. 
The leaves of this arc broader than in the 
other. 
2. Savine, Salina. This is properly a fpecies of 
the juniper with broader leaves : famous for 
promoting the menfes. 
GENUS XI. 
BLACK EMPETRUM. 
E M P E T R U M. 
r-H-.HERE are three kinds of flowers, male, female, and hermaphrodite all on diftinft plants, 
nr n^ e ma e flower has a cup divided into three parts, and three fmall, oval petals ; this is 
. ^ A d bv Ttrry The male flowers are formed as the hermaphrodite, but have no rudiment 
era'fttit, Lr are llicceeded by any berry. The female have all the parts of the hermaphrodite 
''Tinn-t^urplace!XTamong the tri.cia. The farina from the male flower impregnates the female; 
and theTiermaphrodite impregnate themlelves. 
Black bcrry'd Empctrum. 
Empetrum fruau nigra. 
The flirub is low and fmall •, the branches trail 
vipon the ground, and the bark is red and glofly^ 
The leaves fland thick and irregularly, and 
•arc oval, fliort, and pointed. 
The berries are black and fhining. 
We have it on boggy heaths. 
C. Bauhine calls it Erica hamfcra procumlem 
nigra. Others, Empetrum nigrmn. Our people, 
Cre-aikrries, and Cratcierries. 
GENUS XII. 
BOX. 
B U X U S. 
HE male flowers '^^^^^^-f^^^^^ ^ ^t^Hlti^t^l 
J .al^rcuptdir pe^r ' m fefd.ve.el is round, and has three beaks. 
Linnsus places this among the „wmcia tetrandr,a. 
I . Common Box. 
Buxus -vulgaris. 
It is naturally a bulhy, low flirub. 
The bark is pale ; the wood yellow ; the leaves 
hard, roundifli, and firm. 
The flowers are of a greenifli white. 
It is wild in Kent and elfewhcre. 
C. Bauhine calls it Biaus arbortfcms. 
The wood has the virtues of guiacum, as a 
fudorifick and fweetener of the blood. 
We have another fpecies. 
2. Narrow-leaved Box, Buxus anguftifolia. The 
leaves fliarper at the point, and the branches 
fewer. 
GENUS 
