352 7Zg Ufeful Fami-Iy Herbal 4 



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The Starry Headed Anise 



Tree. 



ANISUM STELLATUM. 



7I Tall and very beautiful Tree, Native o^ the 

 -^^ Eafiy and much efleemed there. The Trunk 

 is covered with a thick Bark: The Branches are 

 irregular, and fpreading. The Leaves are very 

 larger and beautiful, they are compofed each of 

 ten or twelve Pair of others fet on a common Rib, 



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\vitK an odd one at the End; they are longifh, 

 broad, ferrated at the Edges, and pointed at the 



Ends, and are of a beautiful pale green Colour, 



and of a fragrant Smell whenbruifed, fuch as that 



vre perceive in the young Leaves of the Walnut- 

 Trcc, but with a Mixture of fomewhat aromatic- ^ 

 The Flowers fliand at the Tops of the Branches, on 

 divided Pedicles, they are white and very fragrant. 

 The Fruit is of a fingular Figure, of the Shape of ' 

 a Star, and of a woody Subftance ;. it is compofed 

 of five or more Rays, and in each is a fmgle 

 fmooth brown Seed. Thefe have the Smell of 



Anifeeds, and thence have been called by the 



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Name, for there is not the leaft Refembknce be- 

 tween the Plants which produce the two, one being 

 a fmall Herb, and the other a' large and fine 



Tree. 



The Fruit is only ufed, and we fometimes fee it 

 at the Druggifts, if the prcfenr Practice encouraged 

 it, we mi^ht have it common enough •, and it is 

 one of thofe Drugs which we negled:, while we 

 are fond of fuch as do not dcferve the Diftin6lion. 

 It is an excellent Medicine againft Coldnefs of 

 the Stomach, Cholics, and thofe Hcad-achs which 

 arife from Indigeftion. It alfo works powerfully by 

 Urine; and with it polTeffes all the Virtues of 



Anifeed and many others, and even thefe in a 



very 



