2o8 77} e Ufeful Family HerhaL 



,are of a pale bluilh green Colour, oblong, not very 

 broad, and they furround the Stalk at the Bafc. 

 The Flowers are red, they are fingly, Very fmall, 

 but they ftand in thick, oblong Clullers, on the 

 Tops of the Stalks, and each'is fucceeded by a 

 lingle Seed which is very rough, and ftands 

 naked. 



The dried Root is to be ufed ; a Piece of it put 

 into the Mouth, fill it with a great Quantity of 

 Rheum, and is often an almoft inftantaneous 

 Cure for the Head-ach. It alfo cures the Tooth- 



r 



ach in the fame Manner as Pellitory of Spain does : 

 It is more hot and acrid, than even that fiery 



Root. 



The Indian Leaf Tree* 

 . MALABATHRUM. 



A Tall and beautiful Tree of tne Eaft-IndieSf not 



unlike the Cinnamon Tree in its Manner of 



Growth. The Trunk is as thick as our Elms, 



and it grows as tall, but the Branches are dilpoled 



•with lefs Regularity ; the Wood is brittle, and the 

 young Shoots are of a pale Brown. The Leaves 

 are very large, nine Inches long, and feven in 

 Breadth, and not at all indented. The Flowers 

 iland in Clufters, on the Tops of the Branches: 

 They are fmall and greyifli : and the Fruit is of 

 the Bignefs of our red Currant. It is common in 

 the mountainous Parts of the Eaft, 



Thele Leaves are the Part ufed, v.x have them 

 dried at the Druggifts, but they commonly keep 

 thep till they are decayed. It is an aromatic Me- 

 dicine, it lirengthens the Stomach, and is good 

 in nervous Diforders. 



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