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finall Parts, which are broad and indented, but 
they are fmaller. The Flowers ftand in little Um- 
bels at the Divifions of the Branches: They are 
fmall, and of a yellowifh White. The Seeds are 
fmall and ftriated. The Roots are long, not very 
thick, white, and of a ftrong, but not difagreea- 
ble Tatfte. 
The Roots are moft ufed, a ftrong Infufion 
of them frefh gathered, works brifkly by Urine. 
It is good againft the Gravel, and in Jaundices 
and other Difeafes arifing from Obftructions in the 
Liver and Spleen. The Seeds dried are good 
againft the Cholic, and ftrengthen the Sto- 
mach. 
The CoLuRINE-WOOD, OR SNAKE- 
| woop TREE. 
LIGNUM COLUBRINUM. ~ 
A Fall Tree of the af, irregular in its Growth, 
but not without Beauty. The Bark is rough 
and brown; the Leaves are large, broad in the 
Middle, oblong, and fharp at the Point. They are 
of a deep green Colour, and firm Subftance : The 
Flowers are fmall, they grow in Clufters upon 
the Branches, not at their Extremities, but in dif- 
ferent Parts of them. The Fruit is large, and 
much of the Shape of a Walnut. It is yellow 
when ripe, and contains a great many round flat 
Seeds. Thefe are exaétly of the Shape and Form 
of what we call Nux Vomica, but they are not 
half fo big. Some have, for this Reafon, fuppofed 
the real Nux Vomica to be the Fruit of this Tree; 
but it is produced by another of the fame Genus. 
The Wood of the fmaller Branches is ufed: This 
is what we called Lignum Colubrinum, Adder- 
- Wood, and Snake-Wood. It is famous in the 
Eoff, for curing Fevers, and deftroying Worms, 
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