7he Ufeful Family Herhah 6 5 



Cardamom othcrwife called the Grain of Paradifc, 

 much better than the Cardamoms. 



The Caranna Tree* 



CARAGNA. 



A Tall and fpreading Tree of the Wefi-lndieSy 

 •"- the Branches are numerous, and irregular ; 



the Trunk is covered with a brown Bark, the 

 Branches with a paler, they are brittle-, the Leaves are 

 long and narrow, of a pale Green, andfharp pointed; 

 the Flowers are fmall, the Fruit is roundilK and 

 of the Bignefs of an Apple. " This is the bell Ac- 

 count we have of it, but this is far from perfect 

 or fatisfadory in every Refpe<5l:. 

 • AH that we ufe of it is a Refm which ouzes 

 out of the Barkj in the great Heats ; this is brown, 

 ibmewhat foft, and we have it in oblong Pieces 

 polled up in Rulhes •, we put it only externally ; 

 a Plaifter made of it is good for Diforders of the 

 Head, and fome fay will cure the Sciatica without 

 internal Medicines, but this is not probable* 



Carline Thistle. 



CARLINA. 



Have obferved that many Plants are not ^o 

 much regarded for their Virtues, as the^ ought 

 to be -, there are on the contrary fome wmch are 

 celebrated more than they deferve : The Carline 

 Thiftle is of this laft Number. It is not wholly 

 without Virtues, but it has not all that are afcrib- 

 ed to it. 



. This is a Plant without any Stalk. The Leaves 

 are long, narrow, of a dark green Colour, divided 

 aad prickly at the Edges ; and they lie fpread upon 

 the Ground in Manner of a Star. The Flower 

 apDears in the midll of thefe without a Stalk, rifing 



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