aa the Paradife of Plants. me 
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The Sajfafras-Tree groweth up with a fraight T veal fe y.fmooth and yoid 
of sis lh icbeet- @ reafonable height , covered a “thick. barke of an 
Albcolour , which is of a very hot quick talte ; towards the top come forth many 
goodly branches, fpreading them/elves into a Tound figure »r compafle whereon 
do grow green Leaves, fomwhat like thofe of the Fig-Tree, but much leffer, of 
a {weet fmell when they be pbut muich more when they be dry, fomewhat 
refembling the {mell o Fennell ofa very fweet taflealio. The Flowers are (mall 
and yellow , made of threds, very like unto the A@ale Cornell-Tree, from whence 
proceedeth the fruit, which growerh cluftering together, yet {et in fmall cups 
upon long foorftalkes : the Roots are not verylaige , neither of any greacdeprh, 
but are ceectea with a Bark, fomwhat redder aay that of th e Tree, andare of 
more force and efficacy thenany ocher parts ofit » yet the re(t are: alfo of very 
cule, | 
great et ied “The Places and Time. 
tite Tree groweth in moft parts ofthe 2 Indies, efpecially about the Ca pe 
of Florida > Bich 3 1S not ssa fee Pa a It keep eth greene all c] e. cer 
a Seer eee bur ar what time ic How. sch an 3 Posner 
learned, : 
The boughe: ches of  Saffefae a are fet oa Fas in teed degree ; a 
‘he pedis hotter, for thar it entrech into che third degree of beat and dryne ie ie 
spc any peteeived inthe decodtion, 
_ The Ke crimes, 
robe obferved, that nor only chofe things chat purge watery and Phleg- 
mai amon te ofc ne Dry bi sate any emi 
nent full . them up, as Sefafras without andshere- 
fore it is ned with erreord fucceffe in the difeafe teledtegee oa -esthere- 
ot being firft teeped foure and a honres in: a gallon and hal of Water. 4 
andaears bi to the ove bh pips chen {irained,may be given tothe 
i ra vt pad Eres > for certaine dayes together: 
