180 FAMILY HERBAt 



little morefhan a stick ; so that it would be idl« 

 to expect any good in it. 



The Jesuit's Bark 1 ree. Arbor Peruviana 



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A SMALL tree^ native of South America^ which 



has not yet got into our gardens. The trunk is 



as thick as a man's leg, and its bark is grey. The 



branches are numerous and irregular^ and their 



bark is of a browner colour^ but with the same 



tinge of grey. The leaves are long and large^ 



three inches in length, and half as much in breadth, 



and of a pale green colour: they are pointed at 



the end, but not at all indented at the edges.. .The 



flowers are small, and their colour is a pale purple : 



they stand in great clusters together ; they are long, 



hollow, and open at the end, where they are a little 



divided. The fruit is a dry capsule, of an oblong 



figure. 



The bark is the part used. Besides its certain 



efficacy against agues and intermitting fevers, it is 

 an excellent stomachic and astringent; nothing is 

 better to strengthen the appetite, and in overflow- 

 ings of the menses, and all other bleedings^ it is 

 of the greatest efficacy. It is best given in pow- 

 der. The tincture is to be made in brandv, but it 

 is not nearly so good as the substance ; when it is 

 given for disorders of the stomach, the best way is 

 to pick fine pieces of the bark and chew them. 



Jew's Ears. Auricula Judo;. 



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A KIND of fungus, or, as the common phrase 

 is, of toad's stool, growing upon old elder trees. It 

 is about an inch and a half long, and generally an 

 inch broad, and is somewhat of the shape of an 



