FAMILY HERBAL. ^7 



Fource of (lie stalk; these are brown on the out- 

 side^ and whitish within. 



The roots are used ; an infusion of 'them pro- 

 motes the menses. The powder of them dried ia 



hyster 



It 



is particularly recommended" against the falling 



sickness 



The PisTACHiA Tkee. Pistachia. 



A TREE common in the East. The trunk is 

 covered with a brown rough bark^ the branches 

 grow irregularly^ and their bark is reddish. The 

 leaves are each composed of several pairs of small 

 ones ; these are oblongs broad, and of a beautiful 

 green ^olour^ and firm texture. The flowers grow 

 in tufts ; they are white and small ; the fruit which 

 succeeds is what we call the pislachia nut ; it is 

 as big as a filbert, but long and sharp-pointed^ and 

 it is covered with a tough wrinkled bark. The 

 shell within this is woody and tough, but it easily 

 enough divides into two parts, and the kernel with- 

 in is of a greenish colour, but covered with a red 

 skin. It is of a sweet taste. 



The fruit is eaten, but it may be considered as 

 a medicine; it opens obstructions of the liver, 

 and it works by urine. It is an excellent restora- 

 tive to be given to people wasted by consumptions^! 

 oj ether long and tedious illnesses. 



Pitch Tree. Picea. 



A TREE of the fir kind, and commonly called 

 the red fir. It is a tall tree of regular growth; 

 the bark of the trunk is of a reddish brown, and 

 it is paler on the brandies ; the leaves are very 

 lumierous, short, narrow, and of a strong green ; 



