332 FAMILY HERBAL. 



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high. The bark is brown on the trunk, and grey- 

 ish on the branches. The leaves are large and 

 longish, sharp-pointed^ and dentatedat the edges ; 

 they are of a dusky green on the upper side^ and 

 brownish underneath. The flowers are incon- 

 isiderable and yellowish. The fruit is small and 

 round. The buds of the tree are very fragrant ; 

 a brown kind of resin issues from them, which 

 • sticks to the fingers, and this has that pleasant 



smell. 



part of the tree, but a resin which 



produced from it. The druggists keep this. It is 

 brown; some of it is in grains, and some in a 



It is used only externally ; a plaistcr made 



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of it, spread on leather, is applied to the fo 

 head against the head-ach ; and to the navel in 

 hysteric cases, 'but it d 

 efficacy. 



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The Tamarind Tree. Tamarindus. 



A VERY pretty tree, native both of the East 



d West Indies^ and kept in many of our gardens. 



The trunk is covered with a pale coloured rough 



bark; the branches with a smoother. The leaves 



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are each composed of a great many pairs of smaller, 

 disposed on a common rib, with no odd one at the 

 end. They are small, oval, and of a pale or 

 whitish green. The flowers are large, and very 

 pretty ; they are part yellow^, and part white ; the 

 white leaves of them stained often with red. They 

 stand in clusters, half a dozen together. The fruit 

 is a flat pod, broad, brown, and hard ; these contain 

 a pulpy substance, and the seeds a stringy matter 

 '^ith them. The pulp, strings, and seeds are 

 brought over to us, Mid the pulp is separated for 



use ; it is of a pleasant acid taste, and is a gentle 



