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large proportioo of bassorl ^al tincture, wher 
rated on water, affords a ros;; ; : ^ iju^cii), than that of black pcj : >, 
but more perniarjent, in ©^:r respeefs rht^ com&omrts cf : ; 
pepper are similar to those of the h\ > 
The medicinal virtues of long ptp^is coirtaih /ia n^us v io-.:; >h 
white pepper, hence it may be used under the same circuraslaace, 
and io similar doses. We are told that the Vytians on the coast of 
Coromandei prescribe it in the forna of ififusioa, i]tix«d with a little 
honey, in catarrhal affeetiens, to relieve the chest when loaded with 
phlegm ; that tlie root is a favorite medicine of i' 
that it possesses the virtues of the berry but in a we. . .. 
and is prescribed by them in cases of palsy, tetanus, and apoplvxv. 
Long pepper forms oue of the ingredients in the compound 
of cinnamon of the London mid Dti' '■ . v < » ra^ 
Off. The Frr; 
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LAURUS SASSAFRAS. • 
Sassafras Laut^l.-\ 
Clc^S ENNEAND.BIA,-— Orr^ - Moy : 
Nat, 'Ord. OiM'KMT&m, .i. 
Gen, Char. Calyx noue. Corolla caly^iiue, six-parted. 
Nectary of three two-brigtled giauds, surrauading the g«r- 
men. T'-'-r'nr n?. ,. ;.-. .;,,5-.f;r-.-, Drupe one- 
see df 
^>iMuG. Char. JCeaws ovate, entire, two or three-kybe4^ 
This species of laurel h f North America, md is 
found in every latitude ff . Florida, it was first 
cultivated in Britain about Uit yeiu hy^o, and is now to be met 
;jj,iia<; i Ai.a. iou. roi. ». p. '^i'.i, aiO. 
t Fig, a, a flower, magniSed, 6, The frnit. 
