344 FAMILV^ HERBAL, 



ihey are of a purple colour, and stand af the tops of 

 the bra-iches. The fruit is a large pod. 



The only subs^tancc \ve owe to this tree, is what 

 xve commonly call gum animej, but that is a very ill 

 narae^ it is properly a resin. It is whitish, brittle, 

 and very fragrant. Wc soractimes also see at the 

 druggists a greenish, brownish, or reddish resin^ 

 called gum aninie; this coraes from the East, and 

 is what was originally known by that name ; but 

 at present the other only is used. It is a fine bal- 

 sam, good in consumptions, and against the whites : 

 and it is put into some ointments, for old ulcers, 

 with great advantage. 



L 



Trefoil, Trijulium Pur pur cum. 



A. COMMON wild plant in our meadows. It 



is eight inches high ; the stalk is round, and not very 

 tipiight; the principal leayes rise immediately from 

 the root ; they stand three together upon long foot- 

 stalks, and are of an oval figure, hnt pointed ; of 

 a pale green colour, a little hairy, and have gene- 

 rally a white spot in the center of each. The 

 leaves on the stalks, are of the same form, but little : 

 the flowers stand at the tops, in a kind of short, 

 thick, spikes ; thej are small and red^ and are fol- 

 lowed bv little flat pods. 



The flowers are used ; they are best fresh ga- 

 thered, and given in infusion. They are good 

 against the bleeding of the piles ; and while thcj 

 are balsamic and astringent in the bowels, th«y work 

 by urkie. 



Turmeric. Cu rcuma. 



A NATIVE •/ the East-Indies, and a very sin- 

 gular plant. The leaves rise immejntcly from 



