84 7te Ufeful Family Herlal 



i 



Cleavers. 1 



A^ARINE. 



Wild Herb common In all our Hedges, and 

 known by fticking to Peoples Cloaths as they 

 touch it. The Stalks are fquare and very rough, 

 two Feet long, but weak and unable to fupport 

 themfelves, they climb among Buflies. The 

 Leaves are long and narrow, and of a pale Green, 

 the grow feveral at every Joint, encompafling the 

 Stalk in the Manner of the Rowel of a Spur : 

 They are rough in the fame Manner with the 

 Stalk, and flick to every Thing they touch. The 

 Flowers are fmail and white j the Seeds grow 

 two together, and are roundifh and rough like 

 the reft-of the Plant 4 the Root is fibrous. 



The Juice of the frefh Herb is ufed, it cools 

 the Body, and operates by Urine -, it is good a- 

 gainft the Scurvy, and all other outward Difor- 

 ders. Some pretend it will cure the Evil, but 

 that is not true. 



\ 1 



The Clqve Baj^k-Tree. 



CASSIA CARYOPHYLLATA. 



Tall and beautiful Tree,* Native of tlie If^ejl- 

 Indies. The Trunk is covered with a thick 

 brown Bark, that of the Branches is paler and 

 thinner. The Arms fptead abroad, and are not 

 very regularly difpofed ; the Leaves are oblong,^ 

 broad, and fharp-pointed j they are like thofe ot 

 the Bay-Tree, but twice as big, and of a deep 

 green Colour. The Flowers are fmall and blue, 

 they are pointed with Streaks of Orange Colour, 

 and are of a fragrant Smell; the Fruit is roundiih; 

 we ufe the Bark, which is taken from the larger 

 and fmaller Branches, b^t that from the fmalier 



IS 



