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with no. odd one at the End. They are fmall, 
~ Flowers are large, and very pretty, they are 
part yellow, and part white; the white Leaves 
of them ftained often with red. They ftand in Clu- 
fters, half a dozen together. The Fruit is a flat 
q Pod, broad, brown, and hard, thefe contain — 
a pulpy Subftance, and the Sceds a ftringy Mat- 
ter with them. The Pulp, Strings, and. Seeds 
are brought over to us, and the Pulp is feparated 
for Ufe: It is of a pleafant acid Tafte, and is 
a gentle and excellent Purge ; it works alfo by 
Urine. It is good in the Jaundice. The Pulp 
. i ufeful alfo to cool the Mouth, and quench 
~ ‘Thirft in Fevers, It is not mucit ufed fingly as a 
Purge. 
 TAMARISK. 
TAMARISCUS. 
A Little Tree, frequent wild in France, and kept 
~~ in our Gardens: Jt grows, however, much 
larger in its native Climate than here. The Bark 
is brown onthe Trunk, and paler on the Branches, 
and the young Shoots are red and very flender, 
The Leaves are very beautiful, they are of a fine 
bright Green, delicately divided into {mail Parts, 
and regular. Thé Flowers are very fmall and 
red, but they ftand in Spikes, and very clofe to- 
gether; and.as four or five of thefe Spikes alfo’ 
- often ftand together, they are very con{picuous; 
_ the Seeds are {mall and lodged in a downy Sub- 
The Bark is ud dried, and the Tops of the 
Branches frefh, both have the fame Virtue; the 
one is beft in Decoétion, the other ina light In- 
- fufion, made in the Manner of Tea. Either is 
good to open Obitructions. They promote the 
ae : fas  Menfes, 
- oval, and of a very pale or whitith Green. The 
