The Ujfid Famib Herbal. ag 
- MariGoup. : 
CALENDULA. 
A Plant too common in our Kitchen Gardens, 
to need much Defcription. It is a Foot high. 
The Stalks are thick, angulated, and not very 
right. The Leaves are long, narrow at the Bafe, 
and broader toward the End. The Flowers are 
large and yellow, and they ftand at the Tops of 
the Branches. The whole Plant is of a pale blu- 
ifh green Colour, and feels clammy. The Root 
is fibrous. : 
A Tea made of the frefh gathered Flowers of 
Marigold, picked from the Cups, is good in Fe- 
vers: It gently promotes Perfpiration, and throws 
out any Thing that ought to appear on the Skin, 
- The Mastic TREE. 
. LENTISCUS. 
AA Native of the warmer Countries, but not un 
common in our Gardens. It grows to the 
Bignefs of our Apple Trees, and is as irregular 
inthe Difpofition of its Branches. They are co- 
vered with a greyifh Bark, and are brittle. The 
Leaves are compofed, each of about four Pairs of — 
fmali ones, without any odd Leaf at the End: 
are affixed to a Kind of Rib or Pedicle, 
which has a Film rimning down it, on each Side. . 
They are oblong, narrow, and pointed at the 
Ends. The Flowers are little, and yellowith, 
=a they grow in Tufts. The Fruit is a bluith 
We ufe the Refin which drops from the wound- 
ed Branches of this Tree. The Tree itfelf is 
common in France and Italy, but it yields no Re- é 
fin there; we have that from Greece ; It is whitith, 
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