356 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
co¢tion of the whole Plant frefh gathered, works 
powerfully by. Urine, and is good: againft the 
Gravel. It alfo gently promotes the Menfes. 
\ 
raat The Sucar Cane. 
ARUNDO SACCHARIFERA. 
a. Kind of Reed, Native of the Zaf and Wef- 
“* Indies, of the Canary Wands, and of fome 
other Places; and cultivated in all our Plantations. 
It is eight or ten Feet high. The Stalk is round, 
hollow, hard, jointed, and upright, it is very like 
that of a common Reed, only fo much ‘thicker. 
The Leaves are like thofe of the Reed, but vaftly 
eae aks 
of the Stalks, and ftandin Form of a bright Pow- 
~ der ; this is Native Sugar, and is what the Antients 
meant when they talked of Honey)growing upon - 
~ Reeds. . We prefs out the Juice, and boil it to 
the Confiftence of brown Sugar, which is after- 
wards refined, and becomes the white Powder or 
Foa-sise 
~ It were idle to talk of the Virtues of Sugar, its 
Ufes are fificiently known, and are very great. _ 
= a. 3. SUMAGH, 
| A Shrub, Native of warmer Countries, but com- 
~“~ mon in our Gardens. It is of a fingular Ap- 
pearance. It does not grow to more than ten or — 
‘twelve Feet high, the Wood is brittle, and the 
Bark is brown. The Leaves are long-and very 
~ beautiful, each confifts of a great many Pairs of — 
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