' Kernel is fweet ahd of a good Tafte 
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runsfrom the Tree, of itfelf: There is afecond Sort. 
obtained by boiling the Twigs and young Shoots; _ 
and a third coarfer, which rifes to the Top of 
the Water, after the purer Sort has been taken 
off. This laft is almoft the only kind we fee, and : 
even this is very frequently adulterated. : 
It is a very fine Balfamic and Detergent; itis | 
good in the Whites, and all Weakneffes ; anditis 
Cordial at the fame Time that it aéts as a Balfam; 
it is beft taken alone upon Sugar. 
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Tis is a large Tree. The Wood is of 2 
_ ~ red Colour, and fine Grain; the Bark is 
brown; the Leaves are broad, ‘fhort, and pointed 
at the End, and are of a dark Green on the u ne 
per Side, anda mealy White underneath. The ; 
Flowers are as large as Apple Bloffoms, and of a 
pale Colour; the Fruit is a Pod containing onlf 
one Seed, which is as big as a Nut, and the 
\. The Tree is frequent in the Brafils. We ufe no 
Part of it, but only the Balfam which runs out at 
thin like Oj], It has the fame Virtues 
Turpentine, but is more powerful ; it is excel: 
Tent in the Whites, and it is good in all Com- 
- Plaints of the urinary Paffages. “It may be take 
