332 *The Ufeful Family Herbal. 



green Colour, pointed at the Ends, and indented 



at the Edges in an irregular Manner, they are 



confiderably larger than thofe of Garden Scurvy 

 Grafs, and more flelliy. The Stalks are eight or 

 ten Inches high, they are tender, round, and 

 llriatedi they have few Leaves on them, but the 

 Flowers are fmall and white, and ftand in Clufters 

 at the Tops of the Stalks, as in the other. The 

 Leaves are to be ufed frefh gathered, or their 

 Juice is to be taken. Their Virtues are the fame 

 as thofe of the other. But it is the general Opi- 

 nion that they are greater, though the Tafte be 

 not fo agreeable. 



\ 



The Sebesten Tree. 



NYXA, SI VE SEBESTEN. 



/k ' Tree of the Bignefs and Form of our com- 

 -^ mon Plum Tree, and-producing a Fruit not 

 altogether unlike it. The Trunk is covered with 

 a rough Bark, the Branches grow irregularly and 

 a];e crooked, and are generally ^o flender toward 

 the Ends, and fo full of Leaves that they bend 

 downward, the Leaves are broad and Ihort; The 

 Flowers are white, fmall, and fweet fcented, they 

 Hand in Tufts or Clufters, and the Cup in which 

 they ftand, remains and inclofes the Fruit, This is 

 fomewhat like a Plum, and has a Kernel in the 

 fame Manner : Its Shape is oblong; and the pulpy 

 Part of it is fo tough and clammy, that being 

 beaten up With Water, it makes good Birdlime. 



This Fruit is the Part ufed ; it is fent over to 

 us dried in the Manner of a Prune. It ufed to be 

 a conftant Ingredient in Decoftions for Coughs, 



and Diforders of the Lungs, but it is now dil- 

 regarded. 



Self- 



