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tity of seeds, with a sweet and tart juice about 

 them. 



The rind of the fruit is used, it is to be dried and 

 given in decoction ; it is a powerful astringent : it 

 stops purging* and bleedings of all kinds, and is good 

 against the whites. 



Wild Pomegranate Tree. Balaustia.' 



A smaller tree than the former, but like it 

 in its manner of growth ; except that the branches 

 are more crooked and irregular, and are more 

 thorny. The leaves are oblong, small, and of a 

 bright green, and they are set in clusters towards 

 the end of the branches. The flowers are beau- 

 tiful, they are double like a rose, and of a line 

 purple. 



The flowers are the part of the wild pomegranate 

 used in medicine ; our druggists keep then] am! call 

 them balaustines. They are given in powder or de- 

 coction to stop purgings, bloody stools, and overflow- 

 ings of the menses. A strong infusion of them cures 

 ulcers in the mouth and throat, and is a good thing to 

 wash the mouth for fastening the teeth. 



POMPKIN. PvpO. 



A very large and straggling plant, cultivated 

 by our poor people. The stalks are very long and 

 thick, but they lie upon the ground ; they are 

 angulated and rough. The leaves are extremely 

 .arge, and of a roundish figure, but cornered and 

 angulated, and they are of a deep green colour, 

 and rough to the touch. The flowers are verv 

 large, and yellow, of a bell like shape, but an- 

 gulated at the mouth, and the fruit is of the melon 

 kind- only bigger and round ; of a deep green. 



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