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'The CisTus Shrub, from which Labda- 



num. is procured. 



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A Very pretty Shrub frequent in the Greek Iflands, 

 •*^ and in other warm Climates. It is two or 

 three Feet high, Very much branched, and has 

 broad Leaves, and beautiful large Flowers. - The 

 Trunk is rough •, the Twigs are reddifh -, the 

 Leaves are almoft of the Shape of thofe of Sage ; 

 they ftand two at * every Joint, and are of a dark 

 green Colour. The Flowers are of the Breadth 

 of half a Crown, and of a pale red Colour. The 

 Gum Labdanum is procured from this Shrub, and 

 Is its only Produce ufed in Medicine. This is an 

 Exudation difcharged frorii the Leaves in the 

 Manner of Manna, more than of any Thing elfe. 

 They get it off by drawing a Parcel of leather 

 Thongs over the Shrubs. It is not much ufed, 

 but it is a good Cephalic. 



The Citron-Tree. 

 CiTRIA SIVE MALUS MEDICA, 



A Small Tree with prickly Branches, but very 

 ^ beautiful in its Leaves, Flowers, and Fruit ; 

 the Trunk is grey and rough; the Tv/igs are 

 green. The Leaves are fix Inches long, and of 

 a kind of oval Figure, and of a moft beautiful 

 green Colour. The Flov/ers are white like thofe 

 of the Lemon Tree, and the Fruit refembles a 

 Lemon; but it is larger and often full of Protu- 

 beranes. The outer Rind is of a pale Yellow, and 

 very fragrant, the inner Rind is exceedingly thick, 

 and white ; there is very little Pulp, though the 

 Fruit be fo large. The Juice is like that of the 

 Lemoni but the yellow outer Rind is the only 



