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White Campion. 

 LYCHNIS FLORE ALBO. 



Common wild Plant in our Hedges and dry 

 Pafturcs, with hairy Leaves, and white Flow- 

 ers. It grows to a Foot and a half high : The 

 Stalks are round and hairy, the Leaves are of an 

 oval Form, and alfo hairy; and they grow two at 

 every Joint : They are of a dufky Green, and are 

 not indented about the Edges. The Flowers arc 

 moderately large, and white-, they grow in a 

 kind of fmall Clufters on the Tops of the Branches, 

 and each has its feparate Foot- Stalk. 



This is a Plant not much regarded for its Vir- 

 tues, but it deferves Notice ; the country Peo- 

 ple gather the Flowers in fome Places, and give 

 them in the Whites and other Weaknefles with 

 Succefs. 



The Canel Bark-Tree, called the 



Winter's Bark-Tree. 



CANELLA ALBA. 



Very beautiful American Tree. It grows fifty 

 Feet high, and is commonly much branched. 

 The Bark is of a greyifh Brown : The Leaves are 

 very like thofe ofthe Bay-Tree, and the Flowers- 

 are purple ; they are fmgly very fmall, but they 

 ■(land in a kind of Umbels, and make a very 

 pretty Figure : The Fruit is a Berry which (lands 

 in the Cup of the Flower : It is of the Bignefs of 

 a Pea, and of a deep blackifli Purple when ripe- 

 It is frequent in Jamaica in wet Plaees. 



The inner Rind of this Tree is the Part ufed 

 in Medicine ; it is brought to us rolled up in 

 Quills, in the Manner of Cinnamon, and is of a 



fpicy Tafle, and of a whitifh Colour. Its proper 

 ^2 Nam.e 



