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oval, bears a midling 5 leaved Plovper, its Fods roundifh, thin 
flieird, with a Filhert-kemdy which bruifed fniell like Peafe. 
fifo adds that the Fruit ripens in April which the Brafilians 
eat, by fucking the Juice and fpitting out the Skin ; the 
Monkeys aifo are very greedy of them. 
This Balm is yellower than Turpentine, and of a different 
Smell and Tafte It comforts the Stomach and Bowels, fwee- 
tens the whole Mafs oi Blood, ^a^^ is an admirablee Vulnera- 
ry, provokes Urine powerfully and flops Fluxes of all kinds, 
it's fndorifich and cures moll: Difeafes where Sweating is proper 
and equal, if not excells all other Natural Balfams. It's faid 
the Natives learnt the vulnerary Virtue of this Balm by obferving 
the Hogs to repair to it when wounded. 
4. Catanna. Flows from the Trunk of a Tree like a Falm, 
which grows plentifully in New Spain. Mr. Lemery fays it's fo 
caird from Carthagena in the Spamjh Weft Indies where it 
grows in plenty. It's fo famed a Cephalick, Arthritick and 
Vulverary, that it's ufually faid what Tacamahac cannot cure, 
Caranna can. Hernandez fays it's a large Tree with longilh 
L. growing Star-wife. 
5. Copal It's brought from New Spain and other Parts of 
America. Pomet fays this Gum flovv^s from tlie Trunks and 
Branches of feverai large Trees growing on the Alountains with 
Fruit like our Cucumbers but of a dark grey, in which is a 
inealy Flower of a veiy good Tafte. 
6. Elemi. This Gum, lays Powe?, flov/s from the Cut Trunk 
and Branches of a midling Tree with long and nanow filvery 
L. and red Flowers, the Fruit of the Colour and Shape of 
Oljves, and therefore by fome named wild Olives. It's of fin- 
gular Ufe in all JVounds and FraBures in the Head and ScuU. 
7. New Balfam. In Colour and Shape like Tolu, but of a 
lefs agreeable Smell, its boil'd from fmall red clufter'd Fruit, 
■whole L. are very large and broad. Grows in St. Domingo and 
the other Ifies. 
8. Balfam Peru or Natural Balfam. This Pomet afferts, is 
made by boiling its Ba)k, Branches and Leaves in Water, 
. fcumming off the Fat which is this Mack Balm. It's ufed as a 
great Peroral, particularly in AJlma''s. 
9. Sarcocol or Flejh-glue. Is a granulated Gum faid to flow 
from a little prickly S^jm^ growing in Arabia, Perfia, &c. It 
agglutinates Flefb, heals Ipongey JVounds, and ftops Hemor- 
rhages, it's alfo a very good Ophthalviick, taking away Spoti, 
Specks, 8ic. hindring Defiuxions into thofe Parts, 
10. Liquid Amber. Comes by Incifion from the Bark of a 
large Tree with iujy Leaves growing in /^2);g-ijiia and TJiearico. 
where it's call'd Oto/o/; or Ococol: It's very fragrant, con- 
folides and mollifies the Hardnels of the Womb, is good in 
Sciatica, Rheumaiifm and Weakaefs of tlie Nerves. 
11. Tacamahac. Flows from the Bodies of large thick 7>ee^ 
Alderfgate-ftreet, London. 
May 21, 171 ). 
like our Po;i/iir;,gtowing plentifully in New Spain and Madagafcar 
where they are call'd Harame, The L. fmall and dented, the 
Fruit red of the Size of a large Nut, with a Peach-like Stone, 
odoriferous and Refinofe. It's faid to eafe all manner of Pains 
in the Head, Nerves, Joynts or IVomb and very good in Va- 
pours, It's fo famous amongfl the Indians, that they ufe it 
in all Pains whatever. 
li. Balfam Tolu. It being brought from that Province in 
New Spain feated between Carthagena and Nomhe de Dios. It's 
of a grateful fragrant Smell, a great PeBoral, particularly in 
Pthyficks, Catarrhs and Defiuxions. Outwardly it alfo eafes old 
Aches and Pains in the Head and Joynts., 
XI. Brafil Wood or Fernambuck. Being the Phce from whence 
it comes, where it is called by the Brafuians Ibirapitanga 
; It's a thick large Tree with a reddifh and thorney Bark, the 
L. fmall and blunt of a fine Ihining grep,n. Irs Flower little, 
fweet and of a beautiful red, with Pods flat and prickly. This 
Wood is ufed amongft the Dyers, z.ndk the <S/a«OKWJ make a 
, red Ink of ir. 
I 14. Campechy, Logwood or Brafiletto. 
In the Bay of Campechy it grows plentifully and thither our 
Eiighfh go to cut it, it's alfo found in other Parts of New 
': Spain as at SanSa Cruce where there are whole Forrefts of it. 
j Pomet and Lemery are both miftaken in making this Tree the 
j fame with our Jamaica Pepper, or All Spice., which we much 
1 better know than the Logwood, whofe Flowers and Fruit we 
j are as yet Strangers to. 
I 15. Nephritick 7^W. By reafon it's a Sovereign Remedy 
i for the Stone,Gravel,znd Difficulty of Urive, it's alfo good in Ob- 
I firuRions of the Liver and Spleen. Grows in New Spain and 
j chiefly about Mexico. Hernandez fays it's a large Shrub with 
i little roundifh Leaves, its jFWcf yellow, long and little, grow- 
j ing in Spikes. The Mexicans call this Tree CoatH and T/a- 
palz patli. 
I 16. Jefuits Bark or ^inquijia. 
1 This Figure is coppied from Pomet, who fays it grows on the 
Mountains near the City Loxa in the Proviiice of ^ito ia 
Peru ; its Size about that of a Cheny tree ; the L. round and 
indented, its Flower reddifh, with a Pod including an Almond- 
1 like Kernel, covered with a thin Skin. Its Bark is much bet- 
ter known to us than either its Leaves, Flowers or Fruit. 
N. B. It is therefore highly to be wifh'd, that the Phyficians ot 
other curious Perfons who correfpond to, or refide in thofe 
Parts where this Tree or any of the aforegoing grow, would 
be pleafed to procure Branches of theii Leaves, with its Flowirt 
and Fruit on them, which Favour fhou'd be acknowledged and 
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