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268 Tde Ufeful Family Herhal 



The Oil is the "only Produce of this Tree ufed in 

 Medicine, it is prefled out of the Fruit, and is 

 excellent in Diforders of the Lungs, and againft 

 Cholics, and Stoppages of Urine. But in the 

 latter Cafes the Oil of fweet Almonds frefli prelTed 

 is preferable, and for the firft Linfeed Oil \ fo that 

 Oil of Olives, or as it is called fallad Oil is feldom 

 ufed in Medicine, unlefs thefe others cannot be 

 had. 



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The Onion. 



C E P A. 



Common Plant in our Gardens, known at 

 Sight by Its hollow tubular Leaves. It grows 

 two Feet and a half high. The Leaves are long, 

 rounded, of the Thicknefs of a Man*s Finger, and 

 hollow. The Stalk is round alfo, and has at the 

 Top a round Clufter of little Flowers, thefe are of 

 a mixed pyrplilh and grcenilh Colour; and of a 

 ftrong Smell as has the whole Plant. 



The Root is the Part ufed, it is roundiHi and 

 compofed of a great Multitude of Coats laid one 

 over another. A Syrup made of the Juice of Oni- 

 ons and Honey, is excellent for an Afthma. 



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The Opoponax Plant. 



OPOPONAX. 



Lars;e and robuft Plant, of which we have 



but imperfeft Defcriptions : it is a Native of 



the Eaft, and has not been brought into Europe 

 It is faid to be eleven or twelve Feet high : The 

 Stalk round, thick, and hollow. The Leaves 



very large, and each compofed of a yaft Number 



of fmaller fet upon a divided Stalk. The Flowers 

 we are informed ftand in vejy large round Clufters 



.at the Tops of the Stalks, and chat the Seeds are 



broad. 



