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AMYGDALUS COMMUNIS. ORD. XXVI. Pomacee. 507 
useful in nausea, vomitings, nidorous eructations, and some kind 
efalvine fluxes.’ Formerly this juice was ordered in the Lond. 
Pharm. to be made into a syrup; but the only preparation of the 
Quince which it now directs is a mucilage of the seeds, made by 
boiling a dram of the seeds in eight ounces of water, till it 
acquires a proper consistence. This has been recommended in 
apthous affections, and excoriations of the mouth and fauces. 
It may be a more pleasant mucilage, but it is certainly 2 less 
cificacious one, than that of the simple gums, 
® Lewis Mat.Med_p, 267: 
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AMYGDALUS COMMOUNIS. : THE ALMOND TREE. 
SYNONYALA. Amygdala (nuclei), Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. 
Amygdalus amara & duleis. J. Bauh. Mist. vol. i. p.174. Raii 
Hist. p. 1519. Gerard. Emac. p. 1445. Park, Theat: p. 1515. 
Amygdalus foliis glabris, oyatis, utrinque acuminatis, serratis, 
petiolo imisque dentibus glandulosis. Hal..Stirp. Helv. n. 1080. 
Varietates sunt, 
« Amygdalus sativa. Bauh. Pin. p. 441. Aisa dulcis, 
putamine molliore. Tournef. Inst. p. 627. Amandier 4 
coque tendre, vel Amandier des ogee Du Hamel. Arbres 
fruit. F. i. p. 120. tab. 5. 
Sweet Almond Tree. 
£ Atay pated amara. Tournef. Inst. p. (627. _Amandier a fruit 
amer. Du Hamel. 1. C. p 123. 
Bitter Almond Tree. 
Class Icosandria, Ord. Monogynia.. Lin. Gen. Plant. 619. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Cal. 5-fidus, inferus. Petala 5. Drupa nuce poris 
perforata, 
