Tlje XJfeful Family Her hat 8 7 



are of a pale Green and hairy ; the Flowers are 



white. 



The Seed Is the Part ufed in Medicine, and it 

 is a very good Diuretic ; it is excellent in all Dif- 

 orders of the Gravel and Stone, and all Obftrudi- 

 ons of Urine 5 it is alfo good in Stopples of the 



Menfes. 



Candy Carots. 



DAUCUS CRETENSIS.^ 



A Plant frequent in the Eaft, and cultivated in 

 •^ fome Places for the Seed. It grows near a Yard 

 high ; the Stalk is firm, upright, ftriated, and 

 "branched : The Leaves are like thofe of Fennel, 

 only more finely divided, and of a whitifh Co- 

 lour ; the Flowers are white, and the Seeds ard 

 oblong, thick in the Middle, and dovmy. 



Thefe Seeds are the only Part ufed : They are 

 good in Chohcs, and they work by Urine, but 



thofe of our own wild Plant are more flrongly di- 

 uretic. 



A 



The C A s c A R I L L A Tree. 



CASCARILLA. 



I 



Tree of South -America^ of the Fruits and 

 Flowers of which we have but very imperfe<5t 

 Accounts, though we are very well acquainted 

 with the Bark of its young Branches. What we 

 have been told of it is, that the Branches are nu- 

 merous, and fpreadjrregularly ; that the Leaves 

 are oblong, green on the upper Side, and whi- 

 tifh underneath ; and the Flowers fmall, fragrant^, 

 and placed in a Sort of Clufters. 



The Bark which our DruggiH:, fell is greyifh on 

 the Outfide, brown within, and is of an agreea- 

 ble Smell : When burnt they called Eleutherian 



F 2 Bark, 



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