288 The Ufeful Family HerhaL 



green Colour, and firm Texture. The Flower; 

 grow In Tufts, they are w^hite and fmall, the Fruit 

 which fucceeds is what we call the Piftachia Nut ; 

 it is as big as a Filbert, but long and Iharp-polnt- 

 ed, and it is covered with a tough wrinkled Bark. 

 The Shell within this is woody, and tough, but 

 it eafily enough divides into two Parts, and the 

 Kernel within is of a greenifh Colour, but covered 

 with a red Skin. It is of a fweet Tafte. 



The Fruit is eaten, but it may be confidered as 

 a Medicine, it opens Obflruftlons of the Liver, 

 and it works by Urine. It is an excellent Refto- 

 rative to be given to People wafted by Confump- 

 tions, or other lonsr and tedious IllneHes 



A 



Pi TCH Tr EE. 

 P I C E A. 



Tree of the Fir Kind, and commonly called 

 the red Fir. It is a tall Tree of regular Growth, 



the Bark of the Trunk is of a redilh Brown, and 

 it Is paler on the Branches ; the Leaves are very 

 numerous, fhort, narrow, and of a ftrong Green, 

 they ftand very thick, and are (harp, or almoft 



prickly at the Extremities. The Flowers are yel- 

 lowifh, and inconfiderable ; and the Fruit is a long 

 and large Cone, which hangs down, whereas that 

 of the true Fir Tree, or the Yewdeaved Fir Hands 



upright. 



The Tops of the Branches and young Shoots 

 are ufed : They abound with a Refm of the Tur- 

 pentine Kind. They are beft given in Decotflion, 

 or brewed with Beer. They are good againft the 

 Rheumatifm and Scurvy, they work by Urine, and 

 heal Ulcers of the urinary Parts. 



Pitch and Tar are produced from the Wood oi 



this Tree, the Tar fweats out of the Wood in 



burning:, 



