272 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
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body now minds them: They are very violent is 
their Operation, which is both upwards and 
downwards, and have bech given in Dropfies and 
~Rheumatifms. _ 
B 
The Orry Patm TREE. 
PALMA OLEOSA. 
‘A Very beautiful Tree, Native of Africa and 
'™ America. It grows moderately high. The 
Trunk is naked all the Way to the Top, where 
' the Leaves grow in vaft Quantities: They are 
so ai 
long and narrow, and the Foot Stalks on which 
they ftand are prickly. The Flowers are fmall 
and moffy. The Fruit is of the Bignefs of a 
Plum, oblong and flattifh, and is covered over 
with a tough and fibrous Coat. From this Fruit 
the Native exprefs, what they call Palm Oil: It 
is a Subftance of the Confiftence of Butter,~ 
and of a pleafant, tho’ very little Tafte. ie 
This Oil is the only Produce of the Tree ufed: 
They eat it upon the Spot, but we apply it exter- 
nally againft Cramps, Strains, Pains in the Limbs, 
and Weakneffes ; but we feldom meet with it frefh 
enough, to be fit for Ufe; and at prefent, it has 
given Place to the famous Opodeldoc, and to fe- 
_ veral other Things, which have the fame Quali- 
ties, in a much greater Degree. af 
ss Pantc. erie 
2 et PPANEOUMA< o> oer 
A Very fingular and pretty Plant of the Grafs 
- "kind, : cultivated in fome Parts of Europe. 
The Stalk is very thick and firm, round, jointed, 
anda Yard high. The Leaves are grafly, but 
they are large and broad. The Flowers and Seeds 
are contained in a long Ear, which is broad and 
