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Colour, and ftand at the Tops of the Branches. 

 The Friiit is a large Pod. 



The only Subftance we owe to this Tree, is 

 ^hat we tommonly call Gum Anime, but that is 

 a vtxy ill Nsme, it is properly a Refin. It is 

 whitirfi, brittle, and very fragrant. We fometimes 

 alfo fee at the Druggifts a greenifh, brownifh, or 

 rediPi Relin, called Gum Anime ; this comes from 

 the Eafi^ arid is what was originally knoiwn 

 that Name •, but at prefent the other only is ufed. 

 it is a fine Baifam, good in Cdnfumptions, and 

 againft tKe Whites : And it is put into feme 

 Ointments, for old Ulcers, with great Advan^ 



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TRIFOLIUM PURPUREUM. 



A Common' wild plant, in our Meadows. It Is 

 eight Inches high, the Stalk is round, and 

 ■not very upright : The principal Leaves rife im- 

 mediately from the Root, they ftand three toge- 

 ther upon long Foot-Stalks, and are of an oval 

 Figure, but pointed ; of a pale green Colour, a 

 litde hairy, and have generally a white Spot^in 

 the Center of each. The Leaves on the Stahvs, 

 are of the fame Form, but little : The Flowers 

 ftand at the Tops, in a Kind of Ihort thick Spikes, 



and red,^ and are followed by 



Hat Pods. 



The Flowers are ufed ; they are beft frefh ga- 

 thered, and given in Infufion. They are good 

 nft the Bieedinff of the Piles ; and while tiiey 



balfamic and aftringent in the Bcwels, they 



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