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has defcribed the Tree thus, Lauro affinis, Terebin- 
thi folio alato , ligno odorato , candido , Gzta/. 
P/. 7^. It grows in rocky and mountainous 
Woods. The Inhabitants take it for Rhodian Wood ; 
and it fmells pretty much like it, though upon a 
curious Examination is found to differ. The Smoke 
of it when burning is extremely fragrant and agree- 
able. 
The Dutch draw a very fweet fcented effential 
Oil from Rhodian Wood by Diftillation, which is 
often ufed for the effential Oil of Rofes, in apo- 
ple&ick, cephalick and cardiack Balfams. A Vir- 
tue of fortifying the Heart and Brain is attributed 
both to the Wood and its effential Oil. 
Artic. II. O/Guaiacum. 
Guaiacum Off. Lignum fanffum , Lignum Indicum , 
Lignum Vita, et Palus fanffus, Quorum d. This is 
a folid, denfe, ponderous, and refinous Wood ; 
whereof the internal Part, which is called the Ma- 
trix , Pith, or Heart, is of a blackifh green Colour, 
or variegated with pale, green, brown, and black. 
The external Part, which is the Alburnum , or Sap, 
is of a Colour like Box or a pale Yellow, with a 
bitterifh and fomewhat aromatick Tafte, affedling 
the Palate and Jaws with a gentle Acrimony, and 
of a fragrant, agreeable Smell, when it is heated 
or burnt. This is covered with a woody, thin, 
denfe, fhining, fmooth, and fomewhat refinous 
Bark, compofed, as it were, of many very fine 
Lamella or Scales, of an afhy colour on the out- 
fide, inclining to green, or black, or diverfified 
with Spots more or lefs green, which are inter- 
mingled with a livid or leaden Colour, and pale 
within * having an acrid, bitter, and difagreeable 
Tafte. 
Guaiacum 
