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the Pea Bloffom. The Pods are fhort, thick, and 
hairy, and feldom contain more than two, often 
but one Seed er Chich in each. : 
They are eaten in fome Places, and they are 
gentle Diuretics. 
Se -€tnorroit. 
trem | APH i..5 one 
A Creeping wild Plant common about Way- 
*™ fides, and in Paftures.. The Stalks are round 
and fmooth, and ufually of a reddith Colour, 
they lie upon the Ground, and take Root at the 
Joints ; the Leaves ftand on long Foot-Stalks, 
five on each Stalk, they are above an Inch long, 
narrow, of a deep dufky Green, and indented at 
the Edges, the Flowers alfo ftand on long Foot-. 
Stalks, they are yellow and of the Breadth of a 
Shilling, very bright, and beautiful... The Root 
. large and long, and is covered with a brown 
~The Root is the Part ufed, it fhould be dug up 
in 4pril, and the outer Bark taken off and dried, 
the reit is ufelefs; this Bark is to be given in Pow- 
der for all Sorts of Fluxes; It ftops Purgings, 
“and the Overflowings of the Menfes ; few Drugs 
are of equal Power. 
The CINNAMON TREE. 
CINNAMON. 
AA Large Tree frequent in the Eaft, and not un; 
_ eeive by drying. The Leaves are of 
like the Bay-Tree in its Flowers, Fruit, é : : 
eaves, or Manner of Growth; only larger. The 
Bark is rough on the Trunk, and fmooth on the 
Branches ; It has little Tafte while freth, but 
comes aromatic and fharp, in that Degree 
