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58 FAMILY HERBAL, 



The Canel Bark-Tree, called the Winter'! 



Bark-Tree. Canella alba. 



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A VERY beautiful American tree. It grows 



fifty feet high^ and is commonly much branched. 

 The bark is of a greyish brown ; the leaves are 

 very like' those of the bay-tree, and the flowers are 

 purple; they are singly very small^ but they stand 

 in a kind of umbels^ and make a very pretty figure: 

 the fruit is a berry which stands in the cup of the 

 ilower : It is of the bigness of a pea, and of a deep 

 blackish purple when rip(i. It is frequent in 

 Jamaica in wet places. 



The inner rind of this tree is the part used in 

 medicine ; it is brought to us rolled up in quills^ in 

 the manner of cinnamon^ and is of a spicy taste, 

 and of a whitish colour. Itsproper name is canella 

 alba, white canel; but the druggists have accustom-- 



res to call it cortex winteranus. winteris- 



ed themselves to call it cortex 

 bark. It has the same virtues with that, but in a 

 much less degree; and they are easily known 

 asunder, that being the whole bark of the trec^ 

 and composed of two coats ; this being only the 

 inner hark, and therefore composed only of one. 

 It is good in weaknesses of the stomach, and in 

 habitual colics. Some recommend it greatly in 

 palsies ^nd all nervous complaints, but its virtues 

 of this kind arc not so well established. 



Canterbuhy Bells. Traclielium mqjus. 



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A VERY beautiful wild plant with leaves like 

 the stinging-nettle, and large and very elegant blue 

 flowersi It grows by road-sides, and in dry 

 pastures, and is two or three feet high. The stalks 

 a4-e square, thick, upright, strong, and hairy. 

 The leaves grow irregularly, thsy are of a duskjT 



