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deep Green, and each is compofed of three or four 

 Pairs of fmaller, with an odd one at the End. 

 The Flowers are of a greenifh Yellow, but they 

 are very bright, and very numerous, fo that they 

 make a fine Appearance, when the Tree is full of 

 them : The Pods follow thefe, they are two Feet 

 long, black, and woody, having within a black, 

 foft, pulpy Matter and the Seeds* 



This piilpy Matter is the only Part iifed in 

 Medicine. It is a gentle and excellent Purge, the 

 lenitive Eleftuary owes its Virtues to It. It never 

 binds afterward, and therefore is an excellent 

 Medicine for thofe who are of coftive Habits j a 

 fmall Dofe of it being taken frequently. 



The Cassia Bark Tree. 



CASSIA LIGNEA. 



is a large fpreading Tree, frequent in 

 the Eaft-Indies, and very much refembling 

 the Cinnamon Tree in its Appearance. The 

 Branches are covered with a brownilh Bark ; the 



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Bark, and Baftard JefuitsBark : It is cordial and> 

 aflringent. It is very properly given in Fevers 

 attended with purging. And many have a Cu- 

 Itom of fmoking it among Tobacco ; as a Reme- 

 dy 'of Head-achs, and Diforders of the Nerves ; 

 It aifo does good in Pleurifies and Peripnelimonles : 

 Some have recommended it as a fovereign Remedy -^ 

 in thofe Cafes, but that goes too far. ^ 



The Cassia Fistula Tree. 



CASSIA FISTULA. 



Tills is a large Tree, Native of the Eaft, and 

 a very beautiful one when in Flower. Ic 

 grows twenty or thirty Feet high, and is very 

 much branched. The Leaves are larse, and of a 



