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374 "the UJefitl Family Herb ah 



lon^-"-, but with a Kernel of a refmous Tafte, 

 The whole Shrub has alfo a refmous Smell. 



We life no Part of the Tree, but the fine Chio 

 Turpentine,' the moft edeemed of all thofe Bal- 

 fams, is obtained from it in the Ifland whence it 

 has its Name. It is a pleafant and an excellent Me 



dicine, it works by Urine, and is an univerfal 



Balfam. It is good in Coughs and al! other Difor- 

 ders of the Lungs, and it flops the Whites, an4 

 the W"eakne0es after Venereal Complaints. 



There are feveral other Kinds of Turpentine in 

 Ufe in the Shops, produced from the difrcren^ 

 Trees •, the Venice Turpentine is from the Larch 

 Tree, the Strashurgh Turpentine, for the Yew 

 leav'd Fir, and the common Turpentine from the 

 wild Pine. They all have been mentioned alrea- 

 dy, under the Names of the feveral Trees which 

 produce them •, but this is the fineft Kind. What 

 IS called Cyprus Turpentine, it is obtained from 

 the fame Tree with the Chio Turpentine, the 

 right Turpentine Tree, but it is coarfer ancj 

 browner, otherwife the fame with the Chio, 



Tutsan. 

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A Very fingular and beautiful Plant, and of great 

 Virtues. It prows in our Woods and under 

 Hedf^es, but not very common : It is kejpt in 

 many Gardens. It grov/s two Feet in Height. 

 The Stalks are firm and imooth, of a redifli 

 Colour, tolerably up x-ight, and not at all branched, 

 except for fome young Shoots near the Top. The 

 Leaves fland two at each Joint, opppfite to one 

 another, and at* no great Diftance j they are very 

 large, and of a Shape approaching to oval. Their 

 Colour is a browniHi Green, they are fmooth and 

 not ferrated ap the Edp;es. The Flowers are not- 



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very 



