Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

FAMILY HERBAL. 34)
on dry banks, and is a foot and half
high. The stalk
is round and thick, firm, upright, and single. The
leaves stand irregularly ; they are oblong*, narrow,
smooth, not dented at the edges, and pointed at
the ends :
the flowers stand in a short and thick spike ;
they ape large, and many of them are generally open
together ; they have a spur behind, and their forepart
is of two yellows, a darker in the middle, and a paler
on each side.
The tops
herb dried.
are used fresh
An infusion
gathered,
or
of them is
the whole
excellent
and all inward obstructions ;
against the jaundice,
it gently promotes the menses, and works by urine.
A fine cooling ointment is made by boiling the fresh
plant chopped to pieces in lard, till it be crisp ; the
lard is then to be strained off, and is of a fine green
colour.
Tobacco. Nicotlana,
A tall and beautiful plant, native of the West
Indies, but kept in our gardens. It is five
high
feet
; the stalk is round, thick, upright, single, and
a little It
hairy. has a clammy dampness about it,
by which it sticks to the hands in touching. The
leaves are very large, oblong, and pointed at the
ends. They are of a dusky green colour, and feel
also clammy like the stalk. The flowers are red
and large ; they are long, hollow, and open at the
mouth. The seed-vessel is oval, and the seeds arc
small.
The leaves are good fresh or dried. A slight
infusion of them fre^h gathered is a powerful
vomit ; it is apt to work too roughly, but for constitutions
that will bear it, is a good medicine
against rheumatic pains. An ointment made of the
fresh ones with lard, is good against the inflam-