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Show COMMON BROOM. SPARTLUM SCOPARIUM. RED SAUNDERS TREE. PPEROCARPUS SANTALINUS. ste Class XVII. Diadelphia. Order 111. Decandria. Essent. Gen. Cuar. Calyx five-toothed: Capsule falcated, foliaceons, varicose: Seedsolitary. Srec. Cuan. Leaves Class XVII. Diadelphia. Essent, Gen, Cuar. Order 111. Decandria. Sligma longitudinal, above villous: Filamenfs ad- hering to the germen: Calyx produced downwards. Srec. Cuan. Leaves ternate, andsingle: Branches unarmed, angular. SE ternate, roundish, retuse, very smooth: Petals of the corella crenate, undulate. a DESCRIPTION. A tarcxtree. Leaves in threes, ovate, blunt, somewhat notched at the end, somewhat veined. Flowers yellow, in spikes, papilionaceous. HISTORY: Native of the East Indies, growing on mountainous situations. MEDICAL DESCRIPTION. Tus tree grows to six or seven feet in height. The leaves are mall and downy, theinferior leaves in threes, those above single. The flowers very large, and numerous, of.a bright yellow. The stamens with the pistillum have a remarkable curve. HISTORY. Native of Britain, and flowers in April and May. VIRTUE. The juice of this tree affords what is styled sanguis draconis, dragon’s blood, and has been thought goodin spitting of blood probably from its colour. The only use to which it seems to be generally applied, is to give a fine colour to medicines, whose aspect might otherwise nauseate a weak stomach. MEDICAL USE. The tops of the broom have abitter, and rather disagreeable taste. Infusions, decoctions, and extracts made with -hem, have |