Tie Ufeful Family Herbal, 79 



the Pea Bloflbm. The Pods are Ihort, thick, and 

 hairy, and feldom contain more than t\vo> often 

 but one Seed or Chich in each. 



They are eaten in feme Places, and they are 



gentle Diuretics. 



Cl N Qj; F O I L. 



P^NTAPHYLLUM. 



J\ Creeping wild Plant common about Way- 

 ■**^ fides, and in Paftures. The Stalks are round 

 and fmooth, and ufually of a reddifh Colour,- 

 they lie upon the Ground, and take Root at the 

 Joints ; the Leaves ftand on long Foot-Stalks, 

 five on each Stalk, they are above an Inch long, 

 narrow, of a deep dufky Green, and indented at 

 the Edges, the Flowers alfo ftand on long Foot- 

 Stalks, they are yellow and of the Breadth of a' 

 Shilling, very bright, and beautiful. The Root 

 is large and long, and is covered with a brown 

 Rind. 



The Root is the Part ufed, it fhould be dug up 

 in Jpril. and the outer Bark taken off and dried, 

 the reft is ufelefs; this Bark is to be given in Pow«- 

 der for all Sorts of Fluxes ; It ftops Purgings,* 

 and the Overflowings of the Menfes ; few Drugs 

 are of equal Power. 



The Cinnamon Tree. 



CINNAMON.. 



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V 



A Large Tree frequent in the Eafl, and not un- 

 "^*' like the Bay-Tree in its Flowers, Fruit, 



Leaves, or Manner of Growth; only larger. The 

 Bark is rough on the Trunk, and fmooth on the 

 Branches ; It has little Talle while freOi, but be- 

 comes aromatic and iharp, in that Degree we per- 

 ceive by drying. The Leaves are of the Shape 



of 



