id 



it meets with in the eye. Dc. Parsons lias perfectly 

 explained this in his book of seeds. 



Cleavers. A pa rin e. 



A WILD herb common in aSi our hedges, and 

 known by sticking to people's clothes as thev touch. 

 it. The stalks are square and very rough, two 

 feet long, but weak and unable to support them- 

 selves ; they climb among bushes. The leaves arc 

 long and narrow, and of a pale green; they grow 

 several at every joint, encompassing the stalk in the 

 maimer of the rowel of a spur; they are rough 

 in the same manner with the stalk, and stick to 

 every thing they touch. The flowers are small 

 and white ; the seeds grow two together, and are 

 roundish and rough like the rest of the plant ; the 

 root is fibrous. 



The juice of the fresh lierb is used ; it cools the 

 body, and operates by urine ; it is good against tlie 

 scurvy, and all other outward disorders. Some 

 pretend it will cure the evil, but that is not true, 



The Clove Bark-Tree. Cassia caryophylata, 



A TALL and beautiful tree, native of the West 

 Indies. Thetrunkis covered with a thick brown 

 bark, that of the branches is paler and thinner- 

 The arms spread abroad, and are not very regularly 

 disposed ; the leaves are oblong, broad, and sharp- 

 pointed ; they are like those of the bay-tree, but 

 twice as big, and of a deep green colour. The 

 flowers are small and blue ; they arc pointed with 

 streaks of orange colour, and are of a fragrant 

 smell ; the fruit is roundish ; we use the bark, 

 which is taken from the larger and smaller branches, 

 but that from the smaller is best. It 13 of afragran* 



