372 lloe Ufeftd Family Her ha 



Turmeric. 



CURCUMA. 



A Native of the Eajl-Indies, and a very fin- 

 •**- gular Plant. The Leaves rife immediately 

 from the Root, and are long, broad, pointed ac 

 the Ends, not dented at the Edges, and of a very 

 .■ deep green Colour. On other Parts of the Root, 

 Hand the Stalks, ^vhich bear the Flowers, thcfe 

 are a Foot high, and of the Thicknefs of a Goofe 

 Quill. They have only a kind of Films inflead of ' 

 Leaves, the Flowers ftand in fliort thick Spikes, 

 and are of a red Colour, longifti and flender ; they 

 look very pretty in the Spike, but do not laft 

 long, rhe Root is oblong, thick, -and of an irre- 

 o-ular Figure, whitifh. on the Outfide, and of a 

 deep Yellow within, it creeps under the Surface of 



the Ground. 



Our Druggifts keep thefe Roots dry. They 



are good againll the jaundice ; they open all Ob- 



• flrud-ions, and promote the Menfes, and work by 



Urine. 



T U R P E T H. 



T U R P E r n U M. 



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Plant of the Bind- weed Kind, Native of the 

 Lc'Jl- Indies, It grows to twelve Feet in 

 Length, but the Stalk is (lender and weak, and 

 cannot fupport itfelf upright. The Leaves arc 

 oblontr, broad, and cbtuJely pointed. The Flow- 



^crs -are %vhire, and large; they very much refem- 

 -hie thofeof the common great Bind- weed, and tke 

 Seed- Vefi'el is large and full of little Seeds •, ths 

 Root is very long and (lender. • 



The Bai-k of the Root is fent us dry. It is 



properly indeed the whole Root, with the hard 

 • ■ . . . woody 



