332 The Ufeful Family Herbal. . 
- green Colour, pointed at the Ends, and indented 
at the Edges in an irregular Manner, they are 
confiderably larger than thofe of Garden Scurvy 
Grafs, and more flefhy. The Stalks are eight or 
ten Inches high, they are tender, round, and 
ftriated ; they have few Leaves on them, but the 
Flowers are {mall and white, and ftand in Clufters 
at the Tops of the Stalks, asin the other. The 
Leaves’ are to be ufed frefh gathered, or their 
Juice is to be. taken. Their Virtues are the fame 
as thofe of the other. But it is the general Opi- 
nion that they are greater, though the Tafte be 
not fo agreeable. 
: The SEBESTEN TREE. 
os NYXA,SIVE SEBESTEN, — 
A Te of the Bignefs and Form of our com- 
"~~ mon Plam Tree, and producing a Fruit not . 
altogether unlike it. The Trunk is covered with 
a rough Bark, the Branches grow irregularly and 
_ are crooked, and are generally fo flender toward 
the Ends, and fo full of Leaves that they bend — 
downward, the Leaves are broad and fhort: The 
owers are white, fmall, and fweet {cented, they 
ftand in Tufts or Clufters, and the Cup in which 
they ftand, remains and inclofes the Fruit. This is 
fomewhat Jike a Plum, and has a Kernel in the 
_ fame Manner : Its Shape is oblong; and the pulpy 
art of it is fo tough and clammy, that being 
beaten with Water, it makes good Birdlime. - 
s This ‘ruit is the Part ufed; it is fent over to 
us dried in the Manner of a Prune. It ufed to be 
a conftant Ingredient in Decoétions for Coughs, 
and Diforders of the Lungs, but it is now dif- 
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