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-Piace. They are very plentiful in mot woods and commons, particularly upon 
Warney common, near Brentwood in Effex; upon Finchley common, without 
Highgate ,; adjacent to the Newfound Wells near Dulwich ; upon a common be- 
tween Mitcham and Croydon ; in the hi¢hway near Amerfham in Buc! kinighambhire ; 
and in many other places. 
Timt. The berries are not ripe the firft year, but continue green two fummers 
and one winter before they ripen, when they change their colour to black; they are. 
ripe about the fall of the leaf. 
Government anp Virtus. This admirable folar fhrub can fearcély be. 
equalled for its virtues. Its berries are hot in the third degree, and dry in the firlt,, 
being an excellent counter-poifon and a great refifter of peftilence ; they are very 
good for the bitings of venomous beafts, they provoke urine exceedingly, and 
therefore are very available to difuries and ftranguaries, It is fo powerful a remedy. 
for the dropfy, that, by drinking only the lye made of the athes of this herb, it cures 
the difeafe, it provokes the terms, helps the fits of the mother, ftrengthens the fto-. 
mach, and expels wind; indeed there are few better remedies for the wind and cho- 
lic than the chymical oil drawn from the berries; but as many, in all probability. 
would be at a lofs how to extract this oil, I would advife them to eat ten or a dozen. 
of the ripe berries every morning fafting, as thefe will occafionally anfwer the afore-- 
faid purpofes; they are alfo good for a cough, fhortnefs of breath, confumption, , 
pains in the belly, ruptures, cramps, and convulfions ; they ftrengthen the brain; 
help the memory, fortify the fight by ftrengthening the optic nerves, and give fafe- 
and fpeedy delivery to women in labour ; they are excellent good in all forts of 
agues, they help the gout and feiatica, and ftrengthen all the limbs of the body. . 
The afhes of the wood are ‘a fpecial remedy for the {curvy in the gums, by rubbing _ 
them therewith’; the berries ftay all fluxes, help the hemorrhoids or piles, and kill. 
worms in children’; they break the ftone, procure loft appetite, and are very good : 
for palfies and falling ficknefs. A lye made of the afhes of the wood, and the body,, 
batted therewith, cures the itch, {cabs, and leprofy. 
JUJUBE-TREE. 
pe ee Kinps: DODONEUS fays, there aretwo fatts of jujubes;: sredieeda 
white; and of the.redthree different-kindss viz. the greater jujube-tree, called iny 
Latin zizipbus fivejujuba majors the lefferjujube, called zizéphus or jujuba minx, and 
the wild jujube-tree, 5; 
Description, Thegeedtenjujobectreegrows:fometimes very highy.bie-ofiener= 
fpreads itfelf in breadth, having a crooked body; the wood is hard la iy 
