2'] 2 The Ufeful Family Her hah 



body now minds them : They are very violent in 

 their Operation, which is both upwards and 

 downwards, and have been given in Dropfies and 

 Rheumatifms. 



The Oily Palm Tree. 



PALMA OLEOSA. 



A Very beautiful Tree, Native of Africa and 

 "^^ America. It grows moderately high. The 

 Trunk is naked all the Way to the Top, where 

 the Leaves grow in vaft Quantities : They are 

 long and narrow, and the Foot Stalks on which 

 they iland are prickly. The Flowers are fmall 

 and moHy. The Fruit is of the Bignefs of a 

 Plum, oblong and flattifh, and is covered over 

 with a tough and fibrous Coat. From this Fruit 

 the Native exprefs, what they call Palm Oil : It 

 is a Subflancc of the Confiftence of Butter, 

 and of a pleafant, tho* very little Tafte. 



This Oil is the only Produce of the Tree ufed : 

 They eat it upon the Spot, but we apply it exter- 

 nally againft Cramps, Strains, Pains in the Limbs, 

 and Weaknefies ; but we feldom meet with it frefh 

 enough, to be fit for Ufe ; and at prefent, it has 

 given Place to the famous Opodeldoc, and to fe- 

 veral other Things, which have the fame Quali- 

 ties, in a much greater Degree. 



A Ver> 



Panic. 

 P A N I C U M. 



fxngular and pretty Plant of the Grais 

 kind, cultivated in fome Parts of Europe, 

 The Stalk is very thick and firm, round, jointed, 

 and a Yard high. The Leaves are grafly, but 

 they are large and broad. The Flowers and Seeds 

 are contained in a long Ear, which is broad and 



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