Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

90 FAMILY HERBAL.
German, for the sake of its seed. It is two feci
high, and has clusters of white or reddish flowers
upon the tops of the branches. The stalks are
round, upright, and hollow, but have a pith in
them ; the leaves, which grow from the root, have
rounded tops, those on the stalks are divided into
narrow parts ; the seeds follow two after each
flower, and they are half round.
The seed is the only part used : the whole plant
when fresh has a bad smell, but as the seeds dry,
they become sweet and fragrant. They are ex-
cellent to dispel wind ; they warm and strengthen
the stomach and assist digestion. It is good
against pains in the head, and has some virtue in
stopping purgings, joined with other things.
The Cornel Tkee. Cornus mos.
A GARDEN tree of the bigness of an appfc
tree, and branched like one ; the bark is greyish,
the twigs are tough ;
the leaves are oblong, broad,
and pointed, of a fine green colour, but not serrated
at the edges. The flowers are small and yellowish,
the fruit is of the bigness of a cherry, but oblong,
not round; it is red and fleshy, of an astringent
bark, and has a large stone. The fruit is ripe in
autumn ; the flowers appear early.
The fruit is the part used ; it may be dried and
either
used, or the juice boiled down with sugar ;
way it is cooling and moderately astringent ; it is a
gentle pleasant medicine in fevers with purgings.
There is a wild cornel tree, called the female
cornel, in our hedges ; a shrub five feet high, \vi,th
broad leaves, and black berries ; it n not used in
medicine.
iutoxicate
In some part3 of the Westlndies they
fish with the bark of a shrub of this
of it into Hie water
kind, by only putting a quantity