374 The Useful Pamily Herbal. 
Jong, but with a Kernel of a tefinous Tafte, 
The whole Shrub has alfo a refinous Smell. 
‘We ufe no Part of the Trec, but the fine Chio 
_ Turpentine, the moft efteemed of all thofe Bal- 
fams, is obtained from it in the Ifland whence - it 
has its Name. It is‘ pleafant and an excellent Me- 
dicine, it works by Urine; and is an univerfal 
Balfam. It is good in Coughs and all other Difor- 
ders of the Lungs, and it ftops the Whites, and 
the Weakneffes after Venereal Complaints. 
There are feveral other Kinds of Turpentine in 
Ufe in the Shops, produced from the different, 
Trees ;. the Venice Turpentiné is from the Larch 
Tree, the Strasburgh Turpentine, for the Yew | 
Jeav’d Fir, and the common Turpentine from the 
wild Pine. They all have been mentioned alrea- 
dy, under the Names of the feveral Trees which 
produce them ; but this ts the fineft Kind. What 
is called Cyprus Turpentine, it is obtainéd from 
the fame Tree with the Chio Turpentine, the 
tight Turpentine Tree, but it is coarfer and 
_ browner, otherwife the fame with the Chia. 
= TUTSAN. 
ANDROSAMUM, 
A Very fingular and beautiful Plant, and of great 
"~~ Virtues. - It grows in our Woods and under 
Hedges, but not very common: It is kept in 
_ many Gardens. It grows two Feet in Height. - 
The Stalks are firm and fmooth, of a redifh 
_ Colour, tolerably upright, and not at all branched, — 
except for fome young Shoots near the Top. The 
Leaves ftand two at’ each Joint, oppofite to one 
_ another, and at’no’ great Diftance; they are very 
large, and of a Shape approaching to oval. Their 
Colour isa Sreornith Green, they are fmooth and 
' ot ferrated at the Edges.. The Flowers are not 
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