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stalks are eight or ten inches high ; they are ten* 

 der, round and striated ; they have few leaves 

 on them, but the flowers are small and white, and 

 stand in clusters at the tops of the stalks, as in 

 the other. The leaves are to he used fresh gather- 

 ed, or their juice is to he taken. Their virtues 

 are the same as those of the other. But it is the 

 general opinion that they are greater, though the 

 taste be not so agreeable. 



Sebesten Tree. Aj/xa she sebesten. 



A tree of the bigness and form of our com- 

 mon plum tree, and producing a fruit not altogether 

 unlike it. The trunk is covered with a rough 

 bark, the branches grow irregularly and crooked, 

 and are generally so slender toward the ends, and 

 so full of leaves that they bend downward ; the 

 leaves are broad and short ; the flowers are white, 

 small, and sweet scented ; they stand in tufts or 

 clusters, and the cup in which they stand remains, 

 and encloses the fruit. This is somewhat like 

 a plum, and has a kernel in the same manner : 

 its shape is oblong ; and the pulpy part of it is so 

 tough and clamy, that being beat up with water 

 it makes good bird lime. 



This fruit is the part used ; it is sent over to 

 ns dried in the manner of a prune. It u<+cd to be 

 a constant ingredient in decoctions for roughs, 

 and disorders of the lungs, but it is now dis- 



regarded. 



Selv heal Prunndla. 



A little wild plant common about way sides, 

 with dark green leaves, and short tuffs of blue 

 flowers. It grows six inches high ; the stalk is 



