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AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Feach tree. Was culti- 

 vated bjthe Indian tribes before Columbus, either indi- 

 genous or brought from Asia. Now common^from Ca- 

 nada to Louisiana^ in orchards- Fruit delicious. Wine 

 can be made with it. Peach brandy is a pernicious 

 liquor. Peach kernels are similar to bitter almonds. 

 The peach blossoms are bitter, anodyne, carminative, 

 diuretic, and vermifuge, much employed in Europe for 

 worms, colic, gravel, &c. in the form of tea. Said also 

 to subdue inebriation and deafness. The peach leaves 

 have the same properties, but are weaker, more bitter, 

 and less agreeable, sometimes purgative in large doses. 

 Deserving attention as an efficient vermifuge. 



AMYGDALUS GLABRA, Dec. .Vec/arme. Peculiar 

 species, and not a variety of peach. Properties similar 

 to peach, but much weaker. Rare with us. 



AMYRIS FLORIDANA, Nuttal. Florida Balsam 

 tree. The berries are black and fragrant, the leaves 

 aromatic. Properties similar to Z. maritima and Ji.hal- 

 samifera of the West Indies, called Rosewoods, cepha- 

 lic, diaphoretic, used for weak eyes, &c- The whole 

 genus is balsamic^ producing Gum Elemi, Balm of Gi- 

 lead, &c. 



ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE, L. CachewnuL 

 In Florida, and spread to Brazil. Very valuable tree, 

 it grows in pure sand and consolidates the same. Wood 

 very fine and hard. The nut good and healthy ; the 

 cover of it produces a black exsudation, dies black, and 

 is used to cure the itch and diseases of the skin. Ought 

 to be cultivated. 



ANAGALLIS PHENICEA, Lam. Red FmeperneL 

 From New York to Carolina. SeemingJv inert, yet 

 acrid and active. Believed useful in hyurophobia'^by 

 Boerhaave, and ever since. Employed in Europe for 

 mania, epilepsy, melancholy, &c. tlius useful in ail ner- 

 vous diseas.^ ; Clayton recommends it in febiile deli- 

 rium. Also pulmonic and alexiter. It Is poisonous to 

 catue : yet Colden says the decoction was used in New 

 York in the bl ^H- sweat or mui *ciin of calves. 



ANDROMEDA, L. the .^. nitida oi Carolina, Sot^r 

 wood or Fipesteffij is equivalent of Kalmia for the itch, 

 the leaves are acrid, the bark dies purple with copperas- 



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