Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

FAMILY HERBAL. Ill
we do not much regard it, in hemp, spinage, and
many others.
The fruit of the date is the only part used. It
is as thick as a man's thumb and nearly as long, of
a sweet taste, and composed of a juicy pulp, in a
tender skin, with a stone within it. They are
strengthening and somewhat astringent,
not much use them.
Devil's Bit. Succisa.
but we do
A WILD plant in our meadows, with slender
stalks, and globous flowers, [t grows two feet
high. The stalks are round, firm, and upright,
have two
and divided into several branches : they
little leaves at each joint. The flowers are as big
as a small walnut, and composed of many little ones;
their colour is very strong and beautiful. The
leaves which grow from the root arc four inches
long, an inch broad, obtuse, of a dark green, and a
little hairy, not at all divided, or so much as indented
at the edges. The roots are white, and com-
posed of a thick head, which terminates abruptly
as if it had been bitten or broken off, and. of a
multitude of fibres. The Devil, as old women say,
bit itawav, envying mankind its virtues.
The leaves are to be gathered before the stalks
appear. They are disorders
good against
of the lungs, given in
coughs, and the
decoction. The
root dried and given in powder, promotes sweat,
and is a good medicine in fevers, but we neglect it.
Dill. Anethum.
An umbelliferous plant, kept in our gardens,
principally for the use of the kitchen. The stalk
15 round, striated, hollow, upright, three fee^ high.