HTdc Ufeful Family HerhaL 359, 



with no odd one at the End. They arc fmall, 

 oval, and of a very pale or whjtifh Green. The 

 Flowers are large, and very pretty, they are 

 part yellow, and part white- the white Leaves 

 of them flained often with red. They iland in CJu- 

 ilers, half a dozen Together. The Fruit is a flat 

 Pod, broad, brown, and hard, thefe contain 

 a pulpy Subftance, and the Seeds a ftringy Mat- 

 ter with them. The Pulp, Strings, and Seeds 

 are brought over to us, and the Pulp is feparated 

 for Ufe : It is of a pleafant acid Tade, and is 

 a gentle and excellent Purge \ it works alfo by 

 Urine. It is good in the Jaundice. The Pulp 

 is ufeful alfo to cool the Mouth, and quench 

 Thirft in Fevers. It is not much ufed fingly as a 

 Purge. 



Tamarisk:. 



TAMARISCUS. 



A Little Tree, frequent wild "in ir^//^/, and kept 

 '^ in our Gardens: It grows, however, much 

 kr<^er in its native Climate than here. The Bark 

 is brown on the Trunk, and paler on tlie Branches, 

 and the young Shoots are red and very Aender. 

 The Leaves are very beautiful, they are of a hne 

 bricrht Green, delicately divided into fmall Parts, 

 and regular. The Flowers are very fmall and 

 red, but they Hand in Spikes, and veij- c ofe to- 

 aether i and as four or five of thcle Spikes alio 

 Sften Hand together, they are very conlpicuous ; 

 the Seeds are fmall and lodged In a downy Sub- 



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The Bark is ufed dried, and the Tops of 

 Branches freOi, both have the f*^nic Virnici 

 oneisbeflin Decoflion, the other m ^}^^^'\ 

 fufion, made in the Manner cf Tea. ^^^^f '' 

 good to open Obftruftions. They V^'^'^'^Jf^ 



