7>5^ Ufefui Family Herbal. 235 



Marigold. 



Calendula. 



Plant fop common in our Kitchen Gardens, 

 to need much Defcription. It is a Foot high. 

 The Stalks are thick, angulated, and not very up- 

 right. The Leaves are long, narrow at the Bale, 

 and broader toward the End. The Flowers are 

 large and yellow, and they ftand at the Tops of 

 the Branches. The whole Plant is of a pale blu- 

 ilh green Colour, and feels clammy. The Root 



is fibrous. 



A Tea made of the frefh gathered Flowers of 

 Marigold, picked from the Cups, is good in Fe- 

 vers : It gently promotes Perlpiration, and throws 

 out any Thing that ought to appear on the Skin. 



The Mastic Tree. 

 LENTISCUS. 



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Native of the warmer Countries, but not un- 

 common in our Gardens. It grows to the 

 ' Bignefs of our Apple Trees, and is as irregular 

 Jn the Difpofition of its Branches. They are co- 

 vered with a greyilh Bark, and are brittle. The 

 Leaves are compofed, each of about four Pairs of 

 fmall ones, without any odd Leaf at the End : 

 They are affixed to a Kind of Rib or Pedicle, 

 which has a Film running down it, on each Side. 

 They are oblong, narrow, and pointed at the 

 Ends. The Flowers are little, and yeilowifli ; 

 and they grow in Tufts, The Fruit is a bluifh 



We ufe the Relin which drops from the wound- 

 ed Branches of this Tree. The Tree itfelf is 



common in France and Italy^ but it yields no Re- 



fiij there; we have fhat from Greece : It is whitifh 



hard 



