^je TJfefuI Family Herbal 8 7 



are very large, and of a beautiful Red. They have 

 an elegant Cup, compofed of five narrow hairy 



Leaves, which are much lonser than the Fl 



The Seed Nt^€i is roundim, and the Seeds are 

 black. They are apt to be mixed among Grain, 

 and give the Flour an ill Tafte, 



The Seeds are ufed ; they work by Urine, and 

 open all Obllruftions -, they promote the Menfes, 

 and are good in the Dropfy and Jaundice \ the 

 bell Way of giving them is powdered, and put 

 into an Electuary to be taken for a Continuance 

 of Time : For thefe Medicines, whofe Virtues are 

 againft Chronic Difeafes, do not take EfFeft at 

 once. Many have difcontinued them for that 

 Reafon : And the World in general is, from the 

 fame Caufe, become fond of chymical Medicines, 

 but thefe are fafer, and they are more to be de- 

 pended upon ; and if the two Pra6lices were fairly 



tried, chymerical Medicines would loofe their 

 Credit. 



The CocuLus Indi Tree. 



ARBOR COCULOS INDICOS FE- 



RENS, 



A Moderately large Tree, Native of the warmer 

 •^ Parts of the World. It is irregular in its 

 ■Growth, and full of Branches \ the Leaves are 

 ihort, broad, and of a Heart-like Shape; they 

 are thick, flefhy, fmall, and of a duiky Green -, the 

 Flowers are fmall and ftand in Clufters i the Fruits 

 follow thefe, they are of the Bignefs of a large 



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Pea, roundiih, but with a Dent on one fide, 



wrinkled, firiable, and brown in Colour, and of 

 an ill Smell. 



The Powder of thefe ftrewed upon Children*s 

 Heads that have Vermin deftroys them^ People 

 alfo intoxicate fifh by it. Make a Pound of Paftc 



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