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grows eight or ten Feet high, the Branches are 
lender and weak; the Leaves are large, oblong, 
and broad, fomewhat like thofe of the Bay-Tree, 
but bigger and thin. The Flowers are white, mo- 
derately large, and like Jafmine ; the Fruit is a 
large Berry, black when it is ripe, and in it are 
~ two Seeds, which are what we call Coffee; t 
are whitifh, and of a difagreeable Tafte when 
raw. 
Coffee helps Digeftion, and difpels Wind: And 
it works gently by Urine. The beft Way of tak- 
ing it is as we commonly drink it, and there are 
Conftitutions for which it is very proper. 
Sra CoreworT or Sea BinDweeD. 
SOLDANELLA. 
A® ty wild Plant that we have on the Sea 
Coafts in many Places, and that deferves to’ 
be much more known than it is as a Medicine. 
The Stalks are a Foot long, but weak and unable 
to fupport themfelves upright. ‘They are round 
and green or purplifh : The Leaves are roundifh, 
but fhaped a little Heart fathioned at the Bottom; 
they ftand upon long Foot-Stalks, and are of a 
fhining Green. The Flowers are large and red, 
they are of the-Shape of a Bell; the Roots are 
white and fmall, a milky Juice flows from the 
Plant when any Part of it is broken; efpecially 
from the Root. seme: e 
_ * "Phe whole Plant is to be gathered frefh when 
about flowering, and boiled in Ale with fome 
Nutmeg and a Clove or two, and taken in Quan- vee 
_ tities proportioned to the Perfon’s Strength, itisa 
_ fttong Purge, and it fometimes operates alfo b 
Urine, but there is no harm in that. It is fit 
for country People of robuft Conftitutions, 
