Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

FAMILY HERBAL. 153
other hemorrhage whatsoever. The whole plant
lias been at all times famous as a vulnerary
or
wound herb, in
given
decoctions.
Gold of Pleasure. Myagrum.
A very pretty plant, common in many parts of
England, and known at sight by the vast quantity
of seed-vessels, it is two feet : high the stalk is
round, thick, firm, upi ght. and toward the top
lias a great mat branches, all standing upright.
The leaves stand irregularly, and are not numerous,
they are long, rot very broad, and of a pale green ;
the)
arc indented about the edp;es, and surround
the stalk at the base; the flowers are le and
white ; the seed-vessels are short and round ;h, and
they stand in vast quantities, forming a kind of
spikes al! the way up the tops of the branches, with
lew ilowers at the summit.
The fresh
tops of the plant are to be used
before it is run to seed. An infusion of them
sweetened with honey, is excellent for sore throats,
and ulcerations of the month. The seeds yield a
great quantity of oil on pressing, and they are so
plentiful, that it might seem worth while to cul -
vate the plant for them ; the oil is pleasant and well
tasted. ,
Gourd. Cucurbita.
A large plant, of the melon or cucumber kind,
kept in gardens. The stalks are ten or twelve
feet
long, thick, angular, rough, and hairy, but
unable to support themselves upright : they trail
upon the ground or climb upon other things.
The leaves are very large and broad, indented
deeply, rough, of a blaekish green, The Ilowers