334 ^^ Uftf^^^ Family Her bah . 



We have the dried Leaves from the Eajiy the 

 Druggifts keep them. They are given ih Infufiony* 

 and are an excellent Purge, but as they are apt to* 

 gripe in the working, the common Method is to 

 throw in a few Cardamom Seeds, or fome othct 

 warm Medicine into the Water. 



B A S T A R d' S E N A; 



C O L U T E A. 



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A Common Shrub kept for Ornament in ouf' 

 "^ Gardens. The Trunk is not very robuft,' 

 but it keeps upright, and is covered with a whi- 

 tifb rough Bark. The Leaves are compofed each 

 of feveral Pairs of fmaller, ^tt on a eommon Rib, 

 with an odd Leaf at the End -, but they are 

 rounder, and broader, in Proportion to their 

 length, than thofe of the true Sena. The Flow- 

 ers are yellow: They are but fmall, but they 

 hang in long Bunches, and are fucceeded 

 Pods, which look like Bladders, of a greenifii 



Colour. 



The Leaves are ufed, fome give an Tnfulion of 

 them as a Purge, but they are very rough : They 

 work both upwards and downwards, and are only 

 fit for very robuft Conftitutions. For fuch as can 

 bears them, they are good againft Rheumatic 

 Pains. 



The Senega TkEEl. 



S E N t C A. 



Tree frequent in the Eaji, and named from a 

 Gum v.'hich it affords and which is brought 



in great Quantities into Europe. The Tree is 

 large and fpreading, its Trunk is covered with a 

 rough Bark, its Branches with a fmoother of a 

 pale Brown, and they are very flill of Thorns. 



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