Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

FAMILY HERBAL. 26?
source of the stalk ; these are brown on the outside,
and whitish within.
The roots are used ; an infusion of them promotes
the menses. The powder of them dried is
good against hysteric and nervous complaints. It
is particularly recommended against the falling
sickness.
The Pistaciiia Tree. Pistachia.
A TREE common in the East. The trunk is
covered with a brown rough bark., the branches
grow irregularly, and their bark is reddish. The
leaves are each composed of several pairs of small
ones ; these are oblong, broad, and of a beautiful
green colour, and firm texture. The (lowers grow
in tufts ; they are white and small ; the fruit which
succeeds is what we call the pistachia nut ; it is
as big as a filbert, but long and sharp-pointed, and
it is covered with a tough wrinkled bark. The
shell within this is woody and tough, but it easily
enough divides into two parts,
and the kernel with-
in is of a greenish colour, but covered with a red
skin. It i* of a sweet taste.
The fruit is eaten, but it may be considered as
a medicine ; it opens obstructions of the liver,
and it works bv urine. It is an excellent restora-
live to be given to people wasted by consumptions^
or other long and tedious illnesses.
Pitch Tree. Picea.
A TREE of the fir kind, and commonly called
the red fir. It is a tall tree of regular growth ;
the bark of the trunk is of a reddish brown, and
it is paler on the branches; the leaves are very
numerous, short, narrow, and of a strong green ;