205-208 The Holly-Tree, the Magellanic Bay-like Tree, Noble Liverwort, Venetia Orobus.
205. The Holly-Tree. Aquifolium.
1. This Tree grows to be pretty large; the Leaves are a deep Green, the Flowery yellowish, and the Berries red.
2. It grows wild in the Warm Countries, and flowers in the Spring.
3. From this Tree is made our Bird-lime, which is a powerfull attractive, & good to ripen hard Tumours & Swellings; & is an Ingredient in ye Emplastrum Diachilon magnum.
4. Greek, . Latin, Aquifolium. Spanish, . Italian, Agrifolio. French, Houx. German, Baldtdisteln oder Stechpalmen. Dutch, Hulst.
206. The Magellanic Bay-like Tree or Winter's Bark. Cortex Winteranus.
1. The Bark of this Tree, which is ye Part chiefly used, is a brownish Ash colour, the Leaves a blue Green, & the Flowers purple succeeded by Green Berries.
2. It grows on the Magellanic Coasts.
3. This Bark is rarely to be met with in the Shops; it is accounted a specific against the Scurvy, and a good Nervine Medicine, helpfull in Palsies and Convulsions; some account it good for Diseases of the Stomach and Bowels.
4. Greek, . Latin, Cortex Winteranus, Laurifolia Magellanica Cortice acri. Spanish, . Italian, . French, . German, . Dutch, .
207. Noble Liverwort. Hepatica nobilis.
1. The Stalks grow about four or five Inches high, the Leaves are a grass Green, the Flowers sometimes white, sometimes blue & sometimes a red Purple.
2. It is planted in Gardens, and flowers in March.
3. The Leaves are commended by some foreign Authors as a good Vulnerary, and useful in Distempers of the Liver.
4. Greek, . Latin, Trifolium aureum. Spanish, . Italian, Herba Trinita. French, . German, Gulden Lebercraut. Dutch, Edel Leverkruyd.
208. Venetian Orobus. The True Orobus. Orobus Venetus & Orobus.
Also see #019. The Garden Bean - #208. The True Orobus
1. The Plant mark'd with the Figure 1. is the Broad-leaved or Venetian Orobus and has generally a purple Flower; That mark'd 2. is the Ervum or bitter Vetch, which is commonly used in the Shops, the Separate Figures belong to this last, for the Seed, Pod and Flower of the other are very different; the Seed of the first being black, the Pod pretty large & the Flower a pale Purple: the Seed of ye other is white, the Flower white & the Pod small.
2. They grow in Italy and some Parts of France, flowring in Iune.
3. The Powder of Orobus mixt with Honey is said to cleanse the Lungs of Tough Phlegm; and is a strong Diuretic, expelling the Stone & Gravel; but if taken too frequently it causes bloody Urine.
4. Greek, Οροβος. Latin, Ervum & Orobus Alpinus. Spanish, . Italian, Ervo or Mocho. French, . German, . Dutch, .
