the Ufefiul Family Herbal. +7 
| The Manna Asu. 
FRAXINUS MINORE FOLIO. 
TH IS is a lower Tree than the common Afh, 
and is not a Native of our Kingdom, but is 
frequent in Italy, where the Manna is gathered 
from its Leaves and Branches. ee 
_ The Bark of this Tree is paler than that of our — 
common Afh, and the Leaves are compofed of 
fmaller and narrower Parts, but the Flower and 
Fruit differ very little. : | 
They have alfo in Calabria another low Afh- 
Tree, which has the Backs of the Leaves fmal- 
ler than ours, and flatter and more rounded, and 
from this alfo they colleét Manna for the Ufe of 
the Apothecaries. The Manna is a fweet or honey 
uice that naturally {weats out of the Bark and 
Leaves in hot Weather. The fineft Manna of all 
is that which ouzes out of the Leaves, this is in 
fmall Pieces. It flows out of the Ribs of the 
Leaves in Auguft in the Heat of the Day, and foon 
hardens into this Form. ‘They get the greateft 
es of all by cutting the Bark of the Trunk 
and Branches, and this is often large and flaky, 
— But it is yellowifh, That which is flaky, white, 
aa gad has iffued out -of itfelf and is much — 
__. Manna is a tnoft excellent Purge, very gentle 
and without any after Aftringency. There is a 
kind of Manna ufed in France called the Briangon 
_ Manna, this is produced by the Larch-Tree; and 
there is another kind more rare, called Perfian 
Manna. This is Dg by the Shrub cal 
Alhagi, a kind of Broom or nearly allied 
“But thefe are fearce withus. 
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