FxiMlLY HERBAL. 543 



t^oction is therefore vcrv serviceable in fevers, at- 

 tended with purgings. It checks this moderateivj 

 and is good against the fever at the same time. 



Tree of Life. Arhor vitce. 



A SMALL tree of irregular j^rowtli, a native 

 of America^ but common in our gardens. The 

 trunk is covered with a rough brown bark : th<5 

 branches are numerous, and irregular ; the young 

 twigs arc flatted and the leaves on them are verv^ 

 fiatj and of a scaly texture ; they are of a bright 

 grecn^ narrow^ and somewhat like the leaves of 

 Cyprus^ only not prickly; the flowers are whitish, 

 small, and inconsiderable : thev stand towards the 

 tops of the branches. The whole tree has a strong 

 and not agreeable smell, it brings into one's mind 

 old bad cheese. 



The young shoots^ and lops of the branches, are 

 used fvesh. An infusion of them is good against 



obstructions of the lungs, but it must be slight, and 

 the use continued. 



The Gv^i xImme Tree. Anuns arl^ 



T 



A LARGE 



ca. 



Its 





the leaves' are large and oblong ; they are not un- 

 like those of the common bay-tree in form, and 

 they always grow two at a joints one opposite io 

 the other. They are verv numeroui; and the 

 branches of the tree spread a great way ; they am 

 not at all naked, but the head seems at a distaiK:e a 

 solid mass ; the leaves arc of a tirm texture^ but 



when held up 



hoi 

 .J. 



es are 



W0it. The flowers are shaped like pa Ijlo-'jji 



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