FAMILY HERBAL. I8« 



blunt at the points : they are of a bright greea 

 colour^ and if Jield up against the light, they seem 

 to be full of pin holes. The flo^yers grow in 

 abundance nn the tops of the branches : they are 

 large, and of a bright and beautiful yellow, full 

 of yellow threads, which, if rubhed upon the liand^ 

 stain it red like blood. The fruit is a dry seed 

 vessel. 



The part used is the fivwery tops of the plant 

 just as they begin to ripen, A decoction of thes« 

 works powerfully by urine, and is excellent against 

 the gravel, and in ulcerations of the ureters. The 

 same tops fresh gathered and bruised, are good 

 for wounds and bruises; they stop bleeding, and 

 serve as a balsam for one, and take off blackness 

 in the other. 



The Jujube Tree. Zizyphus, 



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A TREE of the bigness of our plum trees, and 

 not unlike to ^ them in shape. The bark is grey 

 on the trunk, and brown on the branches. The* 



leaves are moderately large, and each is composed 

 of a number of smaller ones, set on each side of 

 a middle rib, but not opposite to one another, . 

 and with an odd one at the end : these are oblong, 

 obtuse, and serrated round the edges, and the odd 

 leaf at the end is the largest and longest. The 

 flowers are small and yellow. The fruit is oval, 

 and of the bigness of a moderate plum; it has a 

 soft substance on the outside, and a stone within, 

 which is large and long, and pointed at both ends. 

 The fruit is used. It was at one time brought 

 over to us dried, but we seelittleof it now ; it wa* 

 esteemed balsamic^ and was given to cure coughs, 

 and to work by urine. 



