FAMILY HERBAL. 



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The Balsam ofCapiti-Tree. Arbor halsamlf era 



fructu monosj>er7no, 



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THIS is a large tree. The wood is of a red 

 colour, and fine grain; the bark is brown; 

 the leaves are broad, shorty and pointed at 

 the end, and are of a dark green on the upper 

 fide, and a mealy white underneath. The flow- 

 ers are as large as apple blossoms, and of a pale 

 colour ; the fruit is a pod containing only one seed, 

 which is as big as a nut, and the kernel is sweet and 

 of a good taste. 



The tree is frequent in the Brasils. We use no 

 part of it, but only the balsam which runs out at 

 wounds they make in the trunk in summer ; it is 

 thin like oiK It has the same "virtues with tur- 

 pentine, but is more powerful; it is excellent in 

 the whites, and it is good in all complaints of 

 the urinary passages. It may be taken alone on 

 €ugar. 



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The Bamam of Peru-Tree. Arbor talsamif era 



Peruviana. 



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THIS is a sbrub of eight feet high 

 der and tough branches. The leaves arc 



very long and narrow ; the 



are yellow 



d large, and the fruit is crooked. The whol 



plant has a fragrant 

 shoots and the buds 



pecially the young 



The balsam of Peru is procured from the fra- 

 grant tops of this shrub, by boiling them in 

 vrater ; the blackish liquor rises like oil to the 

 top, and, when cold, it is the balsam of Peru. 

 There is a white balsam of Peru, very fragrant and 



iine. but it is scarce. 



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is the produce of 



