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The BalsaxVi of Peru-Tree. 



Arbor balsamifera Peruvian 



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HIS is a Shrub of eight Feet high, with 

 flender and touofh Branches. The Leaves 



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are very long and narrow, the Flowers are yellow 

 and large, and the Fruit is crooked. The whole 

 Plant has a fragrant Smell, efpecially the young 

 Shoots and the Buds. 



The Balfam of Peru is procured from the fra- 

 grant. Tops of this Shrub, by boiling them in 

 Water -, the blackifh Liquor rifes like Oil to the 

 Top, and, when cold, it is the Balfam of Peru 



There is a white Balfam of Peru very fragrant and 



fine, but it is fcarce. . This is the Produce of 

 the fame Tree, but it ouzes naturally from the 

 Cracks in the Bark. 



The black Balfam of Peru is a Cordial as well 

 as a Balfam; it is excellent in Diforders of th^ 

 Breafl, and in all Obflruftions of the Vifcera ; 

 ten Drops at a Time given on Sugar, and con- 

 tinued daily, have cured Afthmas and beginning 

 Confumptions. It alfo promotes the Menfes, and 

 is excellent in Supprefiions of Urine. Outwardly 

 applied, it heals frefli Wounds. . 



- The Balsam of Tolu-Tree. 



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ARBOR BALSAMIFERA TOLUTANA. 



npHIS is a kind of Pine- Tree. It does not 



grow to any great Height, but fpreads into 

 a great Qiiantity of Branches. The Leaves are 

 long and very llender, and of a deep Green ; the 

 Batk is of a reddifh White, and the Fruit is a 

 fmall Cone brown and hard. 



No Part of the Tree is ufed but the Balfam 

 only which comes from it. They wound the 



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