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fmall Parts, which are broad and indented, but 

 they are fmaller. The Flowers Hand in little Um- 

 bels at the Divifions of the Branches : They are 

 fmall, and of a yellowifh White. The Seeds are 

 fmni! and flriated. The Roots are long, not very 

 thick, white, and of a ftrong, but not difa^^reea- 

 bleTafte. "" 



The Roots are moft ufed, a flrrong Infulion 

 of them freih gathered, works brilkly by Urine, 

 It is good againft the Gravel, and in Jaundices 

 and other Difeafes arifing from Obftruftions in the 

 Liver and Spleen. The Seeds dried are good 

 againft the Cholic, and flrengthen the Sto- 

 mach. 



The CoLURiNE-wooD, OR Snake- 



.W O O D Tr E E. 



LIGNUM COLUBRINUM. 



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A Tall Tree of the Eajiy irregular in its Growth, 





but not without Beauty. The Bark is rough 

 and brown ; the Leaves are large, broad in the 

 Pviiddle, oblong, and'fharp at the Point. They are 

 of a deep green CoIouf. and firm Subftance : 1 he 

 Flowers are fmall, 'they grow in Cluflers upon 

 the Branches, not at their Extremities, but in dif- 

 ferent Parts of them. The Fruit is large, and 

 much of the Shape of a Walnut. It is yeiloAV 

 when ripe, and contains a great many round flat 

 Seeds. Theie are exaftly of the Shape and Form 

 of what we call Nux Vomica \ but they are not 

 half fo big. Some have, for this Reafon, fuppofed 

 the real Nux Vomica to be the Fruit of this Treej 

 but it is produced by another of the fame Genus. 

 The Wood of the fmaller Branches is ufed : I'his 

 is what v/e called Lignum CGluhrlnimy Adder-' 

 Wood, and Snake-Wood. It is famous in the^ 

 £^Jf, for curing Fevers, and deflroving ^^ orms, 



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