woody Part taken out of its Center, It is kept 
by our Druggifts, it is a brifk Purge given in a 
proper Dofe, but it is very rarely ufed at this 
- lime. 
The TuRNEP. 
RAPUM.: 
A Plant too common in our Gardens, to require 
acurious Defcription. The Root is round 
and white, or purplifh. The Leaves are large, © 
long, rough, and of a deep Green, they are deep- 
| z cut at the Edges, and large and round at the 
ends: The Stalks are a Yard high, round, {mooth, 
firm, upright, and branched ; the Leaves on them 
are fmall and fmooth; the Flowers are little and 
yellow, and they ftand in a Kind of long Spikes, 
_ they are followed by long Pods. 
_ The Roots are fo frequently eaten, that few 
would think of their poffeffing any medicinal 
Virtues, but being cut into Slices, and ftewed 
with Sugar, till their Juice with the Sugar be- 
comes ‘a Syrup; this is a very good Medicine 
againft a Cough. 3 
- The TurPeENnTINE TREE. 
hes TEREBINTHUS. ; 
Tall Tree in the Ea/, where it is Native; we 
have it in Gardens, but it never arifes to any 
sat Height here. The Bark is brown, and 
*he Branches are numerous and ftandir- 
the Leaves are each compofed of a 
‘ow of fmaller fet on 2 common Rib, 
‘an odd one at the End. Théfe are oval, 
| of adeep fhining Green, The Flowers are 
mall and purple; they appear in Form of Clu- 
rs of Threads before the Leaves ; the Fruit is 
ce Bb 3 long, 
