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it meets with in the eye. Dr, Parsons has perfectly 

 explained this in his book of seeds. 



Cleavers. Aparine. 



A WILD herb common in all our hedges, and 

 known by sticking to people's clothes as they touch 

 it. The stalks are square and very rough, two* 

 feet long, but weak and unable to support them- 

 selves ; they climb among bushes. The leaves are 

 long and narrow, and of a pale green; they grow 

 several at every joint, encompassing the stalk in the 

 manner of the jowel of a spur; they arc rough 

 in the same manner with the stalk/ and stick to 

 every thing they touch. The flowers are small 

 and white ; the seeds grow two together, and are 

 roundish and rough like the rest of the plant ; the 

 root is fibrous. 



The juice of the fresh herb is used ; it cools the 

 body, and operates by urine ; it is good against the 

 scurvy, and all other outward disorders. Some 

 .pretend it will cure the evil, but that is not true. 



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The Clove Bark-Tree. Cassia caryophylata. 



A TALL and beautiful tree, native of the West 

 Indies. The trunk is covered with a thick brown 

 bark^ that of the branches is paler and thinner. 

 The arms spread abroad, and are not very regularly . 

 disposed ; the leaves are oblong, broad, and sharp- 

 pointed ; they are like those of the bay-tree, but 

 twice as big, and of a deep green colour. The 

 flowers are small and blue ; they are pointed with 

 streaks of orange colour, and are of a fragrant 

 smell ; the fruit is roundish ; we use the bark, 

 which is taken from the larger and smaller branches, 

 but that from the smaller is best. It is of a fragrant 



