190 



of more Ter 



fuch addition 



th 



four ounces of gum arab 



)j h 



This 



um IS an 



dient. 



:en in wltlio 



the Hartfho 



decodion; the chalk Julep, the common emulfion, and fome of the 



direded in our Pharmacopoeias. 



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p. 415. vol. 2. 



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Gum arable has been found a good fubftitute for food; and Dr. Sparrman tells us,' 

 that he pointed out this gum to the Hottentots, "which they mjght gather in many 



' ^''' ''- -■!..•__ u..,t 4.u:^ ..,^g ^ fpecies of food very well 



M 



■Whe 

 fliles-men are faid to live upon this for many days 



known to them, and which they had often tried. 



Cape, vol. ii. p. 23 



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Voyage to the 



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RUBIA TINCTOPvUM. 



DIER's MADDER. 



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STNONTMA. Rubia. Pharm, Lond. Eff EdlnL * Rubia 



fylveftris afpera. ^ Rubia tindorum fativa. Baiih, Fin, f, 'i^^, 

 Rubia tindorum. Gerard: Emac. p. 111^. Rubia major fativa. 

 Fark, Theat. p. 274, Rubia fylveftris monfpeifulana major. 



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Bauh, Hift. voL Hi, p, 715. Rubia tindorum. Rait Hift. p. ^^o. 

 Vide Hall, Stirp, Helv. n, 708. Rubia foliis fenis. 



E^t/^o^avoii vel E^£f^o^«v(3v Grcdcormu, . ./" 



Milk 



Ditl, 



f 



Clafs Tetrandria. Ord, Monogynia. Lin, Gen, Flant, 127, 



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EJf, Gen, Ch, Cor, i-petala, campanulata, Bacca; 2, monofpermas 



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Sp, Ch, R. foliis annuis, caule aculeate. ' Mant, 330 



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THE root is perennial 



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g 



nd, jointed, befet wi 



th fmall 



ally of a bright red colour, but tov^ards the center 

 e ftalks are quadrangular, flender," procumbent, jointed. 



res, exterr 

 yellowiih : th 



four or five feet in length, and covered with rough fhort points 

 which they adhere to the neighbouring plants for fupport : the 



ellip 



four, five 



pomted 



rough 



ciliated, and are placed in 



whorls of 



} 



fix together at the joints of the ilem 



the branches 



Hand 



f. 



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