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-; Thorn Apple. T 



■ STRAMONIUM. ' • ' . 

 Very beautiful Plant, "Native 'of rwarmer 



Climates, but frequent in our Gardens, we 



fometirnes meet with it, as it ,is called, wild; but 

 It" is no Native of our Country. Seeds have been 

 icattered from G 





It is three Feet high ; the Stalk is round, thick, 

 and divided into many Branches. The Leaves 

 ?ire very large, oblong, broad, and of a bright 

 Green ; divided at the Edges,'* and of a pretty Ap- 



but a very ill Smelh The Flowers are 

 _ ;■ and white, they are. hollow, and long : 

 Open, and angulated at the Brim. The Fruit 



is as big as a large Walnut, and is covered with 

 Prickles-, the Root is very long, and thick, white, 



and of an ill Smell. 



The Leaves are u fed externally, the Country 

 People lay them upon Burns and Inflammations, 

 but this is not always fafe. The Root and Seeds 



of a fleepy Quality, but they are not tho 



o 



fafe to be given inwardly. Opium is a lefs dan 



o 



Medicine, fo they are not ufed 



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TRAGACANTHA. 



A Little white looking prickly Shrub, Native 

 -^ ofthe£#, but kept in our Gardens. It is, 

 not above two or three Feet high, very fp reading, 

 and full of Branches. The Stem is of a tough 

 and very firm Subftance, covered with a whi- 

 tilh rough Bark: The Branches are as tough, 

 and the Bark is pale but fmoother. The Leaves 

 are long and narrow; they are each compcfed oM 



ereat many Pairs of fmaller kt on a middle Kib, 

 => ^ 2 which 



