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upon the tops of the 
Branches ; they are large, 
and of a purple Colour, 
and confiftoffive channel’d 
Leaves, jointed at the bot- 
tom. The Cup is hairy, 
and divided into five Parts ; 
under which there are 
three narrow Leaves, that 
come together when the 
Flower falls, and make a 
Receptacle for the Seeds, 
which arc hairy, and black 
when they, come to matu- 
rity ; joyn’d together, they 
reprefent a Cheefc. It 
grows frequently among 
Bullies. 
*Tis reckon’d amongft 
Emplaftick and Emollient 
Medicines. And as it is 
like, fo it agrees in Virtue 
with the Mallow. ’Its 
much com mended by Em- 
pericks, for curing Dim- 
nefs of Sight. A Deco- 
dfion of it is good for the 
Gripes. 
T he Great com- 
monly call’d the Sycamore- 
tree, tho’ falfly, in Latin 
Acer majus . I think it 
does not grow of its own 
accord amongft us ; yet it 
is fo frequent in Courts, 
and Church-yards, and a- 
bdut GentlemeiPs Houfes, 
that it may well be rec- 
kon’d amongft thofe that 
are ours by Adoption. 
At the Beginning of 
Spring , when the Buds 
grow big, but before they 
unfold themlclves . into 
Leaves, this Tree, being 
cut in the Trunk, Branch- 
es, or Roots, yields plen- 
tifully , like the Birch- 
tree, a fweet Liquor, fit 
to be drunk. Alio in the 
Autumn, prefently after 
the Leaves fall off : And 
in the Winter too, when 
it is cold, and l'omewhat 
frofty ; for we have ob- 
ferv’d in this Tree, and 
in the Lefler Maple, and 
alfo in the Walnut-tree, 
cut or bored, that after a 
Frofty Night, when the 
Sun fiti nes clear, ( if the 
Froft has not been too 
violent ) the Juice flows 
plentifully when the Sun 
has been up two or three 
Hours , elpecially about 
Noon. And after a long 
and hard Froft, juft when 
the Froft begins to break, 
it flows moft of all; ; . 
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