208 The U/efil Fainily Herbal 
are of a pale bluifh green Colour, oblong, not very 
broad, and they furround the Stalk at the Bafe. 
The Flowers are red, they are fingly, very fmall, 
but they ftand in thick, oblong Clufters, on the 
Tops of the Stalks, and each is fucceeded by a 
fingle Seed which is very rough, and ftands 
naked. rae i 
The dried Root is to be ufed ; a Piece of it put 
into the Mouth, fill it with a great Quantity of 
Rheum, and is often an almoft inftantanéons 
Cure for the Head-ach. It alfo cures the Tooth- 
ach in the fame Manner as Pellitory of Spain does: 
- is more hot and acrid, than even that fiery 
oot. 
-« The Inpian deka T Rec. 
MALABATHRUM. 
Tall and beautiful Tree of tne Ea/t-Indies, not 
unlike the Cinnamon Tree in its Manner of 
Growth. The Trunk is as thick as our Elms, 
ee as tall, but the Branches are difpofed 
with lefs Regularity ; the Wood is brittle, and the 
he Shoots are of a pale Brown. The Leaves 
nae 4 large, mine Inches long, and feven in 
adth, and not at all indented. The Flowers 
ftand in Clufters, on the Tops of the Branches: — 
They are fmall and greyifh: and the Fruit is of 
the BignefS of our red Currant. It is common in, 
the mountainous Parts of the Fait. 7 
_ Thefe Leaves are the Part ufed, we have them — 
dried at the Druggifts, but they commonly keep 
_ them till they are decayed. It-is an aromatic Me- 
dicine, it engthens the Stomach, and is good 
 Lentet.. 
