530 ORD. XXVIII. Pomacee, 
The flowers, with their calyces, are moderately purgative, and 
for this purpose an ounce infused in a sufficient quantity of water, 
or rather whey, was experienced to be a pleasant and useful lax- 
ative. The powdered bark, in doses of a dram, is said to cure 
agues. , 3 
“ See J. Bauh. Hist. tom. i. P. i. p. 196. & Fred. Hoffman. Diss. de prestantia 
remed. domest. §. 26. 
Dr. Withering says, “¢ The tender leaves dried are sometimes used as a substitute 
for tea, and is I believe the best substitute that has yet been tried. The fruit 
bruised, and put into wine, gives it a beautiful red colour, and a pleasant subacrid 
roughness. Letters written upon linen or woollen with the juice of this fruit, will 
not wash out.” Bot. Arr. p. 509. 
PRUNUS DOMESTICA. COMMON PRUNE, Or PLUM TREE. 
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SYNONYMA._ Prunum gallicum, Pharm. Lond. Prunus 
domestica. Gerard. Emac. p. 1497. Prunus vulgaris. Park. 
Theat. p. 1512. aii Hist. p. 1526. Prunus foliis serratis, 
hirsutis, ovato-lanceolatis, floribus longe petiolatis. Hal. Stirp. 
Helv. n. 1079, Ut Linnzo videtur Prunus feetn parvo dulci 
atro-ceruleo, _ Tournef. Inst. Pp. O22. 
Class Icosandria, Ord. Monogynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 620. 
ee 
Ess: Gen. Ch. Cal. 5fidus, inferus. Petala 5. Drupe nux 
suturis iro iinaits 
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Sp. Ch. P. pedunculis subsolitariis, fol. lanceolato-oyatis convo- 
lutis, ramis muticis. Gemme florifere aphylle. Mur. 
