L 



2 2 fjje Ufeful Family HerbaL 



runs from the Tree, ofitfelf: There isafecondSort 

 obtained by boiling the Twigs and young Shoots \ 

 and a third coarfer, which rifes to the Top of 

 th^ Water, after the purer Sort has been taken 



This lafl: is almoft the only kind we fee, and 



off 



even this is very frequently adulterated 



It is a very fine Baifamic and Detergent; it is 

 good in the Whites, and all Weaknelfes i and it is 

 Cordial at the fame Time that it adls as a Balfamj 

 it is heft taken alone upon'" Sugar. 



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The Bai^sam Capivi-Tree. 



ARBOR BALSAMIFERA FRUCTU 



MONOSPERMO. 



The Wood is of a 



HIS is a large Tree, 

 red Colour, and fine G 



the Bark 



brown ; the Leaves are broad, Ihort, and pointed 

 at the End, and are of a dark Green on the up 

 per Sidcj and a mealy White underneath. The 

 Flowers are as large as Apple BlofToms, and of a 



pale Colour -, the Fruit is a Pod containing only 

 one Seed, which is as big as a Nut, and the 

 Kernel is fweet and of a good Tafte. 



The Tree is frequent in the Braftls. We ufe no 

 Part of it, but only the Balfam which runs out at 

 Wounds they make in the Trunk in Summer • '"♦- - 

 thin like Oil. ^ 



Turp 



glone on Suo;ar. 



It has the fame Virtues with 



more powerful ; it is txz^\- 



and it is good in all Com- 



the urmary Paffages. It may be taken 



but 

 Whi 



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