170 The Ufefal Family Herbal. 
GRounpset. fiza 
ERIGERON SIVE SENECIO, 
Common Weed in our Gardens, and upon 
~~ Walls, with little yellow Flowers,. and downy 
Seeds ; it grows eight Inches high ; the Stalk is 
round, flefhy, tolerably upright, and ereen of 
pops 3 the Leavés are oblong broad, blunt, 
and divided at the Edges. 1¢ Flowers are 
fmall and yellow, they grow in a Sort of long 
‘Cups, at the Tops of the Stalks and Branches. 
~The Juice of this Herb isa gentle and very 
good Emetic. It caufés vomiting without any 
great Irritation or Pain; and itis alfo good. for 
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cutaneous Foulnefles applied outwardly, 
~The Guatacum TREbr. - 
GUAIACUM. 
A Great Tree, Native of the Weft-Indies, and to 
be feen in fome of our ‘curious Gardens. 
The Fruit is very large, and the Branches are 
_ ‘Mumerous; the Leaves are fmall, cach is compofed 
_ Of two or three Pair of fmaller ones, with no odd 
Leaf at the End of the Rib. Ther ‘are fhort, 
_ broad, roundifh, and of a dufky green Colour. 
The Flowers are finall and yellow, but they grow 
in — together, fo that the Tree when 
i Bloom, €s avery pretty Appearance. 
_The Bark arid Wood are the only Pats of the 
Tree ufed, they are given in Décoétion, to pro= 
mote Sweat, and fo cleanfe the Blood; they are 
excellent againft the Rheumatifm, Scurvy, and all 
.other Diforders, which arife from what is com- 
monly called Foulnefs of the Blood, but sae 
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