38 § The Ufeful Family Herbal, 
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“The TacAmanac Trer, 
TACAMAHACCA. 
A Large and beautiful Tree, Native of the 
Eaft, and of Americg., It is. fifty or fixty 
| Feet: high. he Bark is brown on the Trunk, © 
and greyith on the Branches... The Leaves, are. 
large and longith, fharp-pointed, and dentated at 
the Edges, they are of a dufky Green on the up> 
- per Side, and brownifh underneath. The Flowers — 
are inconfiderable, and yellowifh:. The Fruit is 
fmall and round. The Buds of the Tree are very 
fragrant, abrown Kind of Refin iffues from them, 
which fticks' to the Fingers, and this has that 
pleafant Smell. 
_- We ufe no Part of the Tree, but a Refin which 
is produced from it. The Drugeifts ke ne BN 
= _-ftis brown, fome of it is in Grains, and 
: it is ufed only externally, a Plaifter 
made of it, on Leather, is applied to the 
Forehead pee the Head-ach; and to the Na- 
vel in hyfteric Cafes, but it does not feem to haye 
much Efficacy. . 
The TAMARIND TREE. Zs 
TAMARINDUS. se a 
| Men prey i Tree, Native both of the. Eah 
in man our 
A Phe Trank ‘is eee cd ee pale 
coloured rough Bark, the Branches with a fmoo- 
ther. The Leaves are each compofed of a great 
many Pairs of fmallsr, depoled o ona common at. 
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