The family Herbal, or an account of all those English Plants ...1820 |
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astringent bark beautiful berries bigness boiled brown called clusters colics COMMON plant COMMON wild plant composed cure decoction disorders diuretic divided dram dried dropsies dusky green edges excellent firm fleshy flowers are large flowers are little flowers are small flowers are white flowers grow flowers stand foot high foot-stalks fragrant fresh gathered fruit gardens given in powder green colour grows two feet half high herb hollow inches high indented infusion jaundice joint juice kind leaves are large leaves stand little plant manner medicine narrow native oblong opens obstructions ounces pretty promotes the menses purgings purple purplish quantity reddish resin root is long rough roundish sagapenum scurvy seeds serrated shape shrub singular slender small and white smaller smell spikes stalk is round stand irregularly stomach stranguries striated strong sudorific sugar syrup TALL taste thick tincture tops tree tufts turpentine umbels upright urine virtues whitish whole plant woody yellowish zedoary