called, are | lo 
56 The U, UGE ul Family Herbal. 
externally for Wounds. A Strong Decoétion of 
them is made to wath old Ulcers, and the Juice is — 
applied to frefh Hurts, and they fay with great | 
Succefs. | 
C, 
The Cuamaeer. Ner-Trer. 
oe CACAO, 
HIS j is s an American Tree, very beautiful as 
“well as very valuable for its Fruit. ‘The 
Trunk is of the Thicknefs of a Man’s Leg, and 
the Height of fifteen Feet; but in this it differs 
greatly according to the Soil ; and the Size of the 
Fruit alfo will differ from the fame Caufe, whence 
fome have talked of four different kinds of the 
Chocolote Nut. The Tree grows very regularly, 
The Surface is uneven, for the Bark rifes into 
Tubereles; the Leaves are half a Foot long, three 
Inches. broad, of a fine ftrong Green, and poi 
at the Ends. The Flowers are {mall and yel- 
_ lowifh, and they grow in Clufters from the 
Branches, and even from the Trunk of the Tr 
but each has its feparate Stalk, The Fruit is of 
the Shape of a Cucumber, half a Foot long, 
and thicker than a Man’s Wrift; this is ridged, 
and, when ri » of a purplifh Colour, with 
Ting of Yello _. The Cacao Nuts, as they are 
Soe gee : d within this Fruit; every , 
<< contains between twenty seg ce of them. T 
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es lege Ke 
~The common n Way of aking m Coca 
$s not the only one in which i is 
