328 FAMILY HERBAL. 



Ggldln Stoechas. Stcechas citrina. 



A pretty plant, native in the warmer parts of 

 Europe, and kept in our gardens. It is a shrubby 

 herb, two i'cet high, and keeps its leaves all the year. 

 The stein is woody ; the leaves stand thick on the 

 lower branches, and they are longish, narrow, and 

 whitish, especially on the under side. The ilowers 

 are yellow, and stand at the tops of the stalks ; they 

 are dry and chahy, and may be kept for a long time. 

 The whole plant has an agreeable smell, when rubbed 

 between the fingers. 



The leafy stalks are used ; their tops are best, and 

 those fresh gathered : an infusion of them works by 

 urine, and opens obstructions. It is good in jaun- 

 dices, and obstructions of the menses. 



There is another plant called Arabian stoechas, or 

 French lavender. It has been described already under 

 the head of lavender, to which it belongs, for it is 

 altogether different from this plant. 



Stokax Trek. Stj/rax arbor. 



A small tree, native of the East, and some 

 parts of Europe ; but in Europe it yields none of 

 the resin we call storax. We have it in some 

 gardens. It is twenty feet high ; the trunk is 

 covered with a brown bark : that on the branches 

 is greyish ; the leaves are of a brownish or a dusky 

 green on the upper side, and whitish underneath : (he 

 Ilowers are white and large ; the fruit is like a nut, 

 roundish and little, and is covered with a wooliy coat ; 

 three of the flowers grow together usually, and are 

 succeeded by three of these. 



We us'- no part of the dee, but a resinous sub- 

 stance, which is produced from it. This is kept 

 at tin.' druggist';, and is reddish arid of a fragrant 



