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7 8 I'he Ufeftil Family Herbal. 



The C H i'n a-r oot Plant.. • 



SMILAX CUJUS RADIX CHINA 



OFFICIORUM. 



A Nailing Plant frequent in the Eaji- Indies 



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^ Feet in Length, but 



the StaJks are weak, and unable to ftand ere<5t-, 



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they are ridged, of a brown Colour, and fet with 

 hookM yellow Prickles. The Leaves are ob- 

 long and broad, largeft at the Stalk, and blunt 

 at the Points, of a fliining green Colour, and gloify 

 Surface; the Flowers are fmall and yellowiih j 

 the Fruit is a round yellowifh Berry. The Root 

 is large, irregular, and knotty ; brown on the 

 Outfide, and reddilh within. This is the Part 

 ufed, they fend it over to our Druggifts : It is 

 aSweetener of the Blood, and is ufed in Diet-drinks 

 for the Venereal Difeafe, and the Scurvy. It is- 

 alfo faid to be very good againft the" Gout, taken 



for a long Time together. 



There is another kind of this Root brought 

 from j4mericay paler on the Outfide, and much of 

 the fame Colour with the other within, fome 

 have fuppoled it of more Virtue than the otlier, 

 but moft fuppofe it inferior, perhaps neither has 

 much. 



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CICER. 



Little Plant of the Pea kind, fown in fome 

 Places for the Fruit as Peas. The Plant is 

 low and branched ; the Stalks are round and 

 weak, and of a pale Green. The Leaves are like 

 thofe of the Pea, but each little Leaf is narrower, 

 and of a paler Green, and hairy like the Stalk : 



The Flowers are fmall and white, aiid refemble 



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