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The Simaruba Tree is peculiar to 

 Guiana. It grows ufaally at a, confide- 

 rable diftance from the fea, near the 

 fides of rivers. When at full growth, 

 it is about forty feet in height, branch- 

 ing, and fomewhat crooked. It is co- 

 vered with fmooth bark, of a light 

 brow r n colour. The leaves are large, of 

 a long oval form, and difpofed on the 

 branches in alternate order. I have 

 never feen it with either flowers or fruit. 

 The Simaruba is either the bark of the 

 roots, or branches. But the former is 

 the beft> and mod efficacious, in dyi en- 

 terics, for which it is efteemed a fpecific 

 cure. It is of a yellowilh white colour, 

 and bitterifh taile, being ftomachic, 

 fomewhat aftringerit, balfamic, and 

 diuretic. 



The Wallabah Tree ufually grows 

 about forty feet in height, and two in 

 diameter. It is covered with bark of a 



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