34* FAMILY HERBAL. 



they are of a purple colour, and stand at the Ups of 

 the branches. The fruit is a large pod. 



The only substance we owe to this tree, is what 

 we commonly call gum anime, but that is a very ill 

 name, it is properly a resin. It is whitish, brittle, 

 and very fragrant. We sometimes also see at the 

 druggists a greenish, brownish, or reddish resin, 

 called gum anime ; this comes from the East, and 

 is what was originally known by that name ; but 

 at present the other only is used. It is a fine bal- 

 sam, good in consumptions, and against the whites : 

 and it is put into some ointments, for old ulcers, with 

 great advantage. 



Trefoil. Trifollum Purpurcum. 



A common wild plant in our meadows. It i* 

 eight inches high ; the stalk is round, and not very 

 upright ; the principal leaves rise immediately from 

 the root ; thev stand three together upon long foot- 

 stalks, and arc of an oval figure, but pointed ; of 

 a pale green colour, a little hairy, and have gene- 

 rally a white spot in the centre of each. The leaves 

 on the stulks, are of the same form, but little : the 

 ilowers stand at the tops, in a kind of short, thick, 

 spikes ; they are small and red, and are followed by 

 little ilat pods. 



The Ilowers are used ; they are best fresh 

 leathered, and given in infusion. They are good 

 against the bleeding of the piles ; and while they 

 ate balsamic and astringent in the bowels, they work 

 by urine. 



Turmeric. Curcuma. 



A native of the East Indies, and a very sin 

 gular plant. The leaves rise immediately from 



