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J B'pr. 19 15, foot high^ and about a foot and I diameter the Oyl of the Seeds 
f ^lyH' cures a Diftemper very incident to lying in Women, here by the 
Chabr. 49. j^atives called Janney^ which! proceeds from taking cold, as they 
nuk'Tth. fay? 2nd is very dangerous^ a Decoftion of the Bark dmnk cures 
147./, I. Fre/22y and Mad/ie/s : The Powder or Decoftion of the Root of 
Ray H. T/. thls Tree, when 50 years old, or at its fall growth, cures the Le- 
Mark P^^^J}'' '^'^^ tender Sprigs^ which here they call Eclas (and is a 
r.V.p.ic'y!^* common name for other ftraight StrdV/dike things of which tliey 
fI Mai. p. 40. makeii/ ^^^y^-r) ftript of its Leaves cures Infants^almoft choak'd with 
Ehlegm^ they alfo ftrengthen the 6^^;/.^//^^, flop Vomiting, correct 
s. B, Choler, and keep the Body laxative the fuice of the Leaves 
cures Worms, in- young or old •,, to correal its great Bitternefs it^may' 
be mixtjwith Sugcir : The Natives- put 2 or 9 drops of the. afore- 
laid Oy/ up the Nofe, which caufes very much Slime and Filth to 
be voided, and cures old pains of the Head zni Afima : Thej 
ground with a little Turmerick and Salt cures all forts of 
Ulcers, Aches, Strains or Bruifes : The Bark^ ground with the 
Juice of its own Leaves and a little Lime-juice, intallibly cures all 
^ forts of Itch or; Ring worms, by anointing outwardly, and taking 
fome of the Root and Bark inwardly : This Tree is good for many 
other things, and is indeed held by the Natives for a general Ta- 
nacea- ' 
Of this,the Natives, in alLcount 4 forts, i. This which they 
Cultivate m Gardens^ and is . a large Tree. 2* Mallee-immboo^ 
which is a lefler wild kind, as aforefaid. S. B. 26. 3. Carrea?n^ 
pelle^ which is lefs than either of the 2 former, Leav'd like them, 
only thefe are not jagged on the edges. 4. NaleeWeambo^ which 
is very little, not above 2 ^ foot high, but is the bittereft of all ^ 
this is of" great ufe with the Natives^ and is Cordial, comforts the 
Stomach, Hops Vomitings, Loofenefs, this has a bitter fmell, 
s, 175?. and I doubt it may at leaft be a fpeci'es of the Calamus Aromaticus 
Syriacus^ of which- more, v^xk the bitter Reeds^ mark'd N. 67. 
this refembles the former in nothing but its Bitternefs,. forlwhich 
only the Natives count it 3. /pedes of it. 
^ jf^ Note, that the many alterations which the Malabars h2iYQ for 
the names of Plants, is apt to make confulion -, which, tho I avoid 
with allpolTible care, yet at N. 26. this Waapa-Maraum is there. 
Ityl'd Nella Wampulle-^ and this is, I believe, the chief error I 
have made of thh kind. S. B.. 
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