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tity of seedsj with a sweet and tart juice about 

 them. 



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The rind of the fruit is used, it is to be dried 

 and given in decoction ; it is a powerful astrin- 

 gent : it stops pargings and bleedings of all kinds, 

 and is good against the whites. 



The Wild Pomegranate Tree, Balaustia. 



A SMALLER tree than the former, but like if 

 in its manner of growth ; except that the branches 

 are more crooked and irregular^ and aje more 

 thorny. The leaves are oblong, small, and of a 

 brfght green, and tliey are set in clusters towards 

 the end of the branches. The flowers are beau- 

 tiful, they are double like a rose, and of a fine 

 purple. 



The flowers are the part of the wild pomegranate 

 used in medicine ; our druggists keep them and call 

 them balaustines. They are given in powder or 

 decoction to stoppurgings, bloody stools, and over- 

 flowings of iht menses. A strong infusion of thcDi 

 cures ulcers in the mouth and throat, and is a good 

 thing to wash the mouth for fastening the teeth, 



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The PoMPKiN. Pepo. 



4 VERY large and straggling plants cultivated 

 by our poor people. The stalks are very long and 

 thick, but they lie upon the ground ; they are 

 angulated and rough. The leaves are extremely 

 large, and of a roundish figure, but cornered and 

 angulated, and they are of a deep green colour, 

 and rough to the touch. The flowers are very 

 large, and yellow, of a bell-like shape, but an- 

 gulated at the mouth, and the fruit is of the melon 



kind, only bigger and round ; of a deep greea 



