The Ujeful Fainily Herbah 65 
Cardamom otherwife called the Grain of = 
much better than the Cardamoms: 
The CARANNA TREE. 
CARAGNA. 
Tall and {preading Tree of the Weft-Indies, 
the Branches are numerous, and irregular ; 
the Trunk is covered with a brown Bark, the 
Branches witha paler, they are brittle; the Leavesare 
long and narrow, of a paleGreen, and fharp pointed;, 
the Flowers are fmall, the Fruit is roundifh and 
of the Bignefs of an Apple. This is the beft Ac- 
‘count we have of it, but this is far from perfect 
or fatisfactory in every Refpett. 
All that we ufe of it is a Refin which ouzes 
out of the Bark, in the great Heats ; this is brown, 
fomewhat foft, ‘and we have it in oblong Pieces 
rolled up in Rufhes; we put it only ex y3 
a Plaifter made of it is good for Diforders of the — 
Head, and fome fay will cure the Sciatica without — 
internal Medicines, but this is not probable. — 
| SARLIN EFAs TL 2, 
CARLINA. 
I Have obferved that many Plants are not fo 
: much regarded for their Virtues, as they ought* 
_ tobe; there are on the contrary fome which are 
Celebrated more than they deferve: The Carline 
z “hiftle is of this laft Number. It is not wholly 
vith Virtues, but it has not all that are afcrib- 
— €d to it. ee 
_ This is a Plant without any Stalk, = ig goeties — 
Pe se narrow, of a dark green Colour, d divided 
_. Gia prchlyat the Badges sae she oer 
appear in the mit of chele F 
