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Polypody. 



POLYPODIUM. 



Small Plant of the Fern Kind. It is a Foot 

 high, and confifts only of a fingle Leaf. 

 Several of thefe commonly rife from the fame 



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Root, but each is a feparate and intire Plant. 

 The Stalk is naked for five Inches, and from 

 thence to the Top ftand on each Side, a Row of 

 fmall, oblong, and narrow Segments, refembling 

 fo many fmall Leaves, w^ith an odd one at the 

 End. The whole Plant Is of a bright green Co- 

 lour, but the Backs of thefe Divifions of the Leaf, 

 are at a certain Seafon toward Autumn, ornament- 

 ed with a great Number of round brown Spots, 

 thefe are the Seeds : Thofe of all Ferns are car- 

 ried in the fame Manner. The Root is long, 

 flender, and creeps upon the Surface of old Stumps 

 of Trees among the Mofs. The Root is ufed, and 

 it is beft frcfh, it is a fafe and gentle Purge, tlie 

 bcft Way of giving i!: is in Decocftion, in whic;h 

 Form it alv/ays operates alfo by Urine. It is good 

 in the Jaundice, and Dropfies, and is an excellent 

 Ingredienr in Diet-drinks againft the Scurvy, but 

 befide thefe Confiderations, it is a fafe and good 

 Purge, on all common Occafions. 



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The Pomegranate Tree. 



GRANATUS. 



Common wild Tree in Spain and Italy^ kept 

 with us in Gardens. It grows to the Bignefs 

 of our Apple-trees, The Branches fpread irregu- 

 larly, they have a redifh brown Bark, and have 

 here and there a few Thorns. The Leaves arc 

 numerous ; on the Extremities of the Branches 



they are fmall^ oblong, narrow, and of a fine 



IT o Green. 



