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Plants LXXXV. Vol. IV. No. 53., MEDICINAL PLANTS., Fig. 1. The Manna-Ash. (Fraxinus ornus.), The Manna, a known gentle purgative, is the concreted juice of an afh-tree which is called the Manna-afli. It grows wild in the southern parts of Germany but its proper native countries are Naples, Calabria, and Sicilia. It is a low tree and very seldom exceeds the height of 16 or ï8 feet. Its leaves are white; its blossoms grow in bunches and have a very fweet Imell, In order to gather the Manna horizontal incisions are made in the barsc of the tree from which the juice oozes the whole summer through into hollow leaves which for that purpofe are tied on the branches and where it hardens and dries. In Calabria and Sicilia it constitutes a considerable commercial article to the King who lias the Monopoly and for whom alone it is. gathered. The fmèll as well as the tafte of the Manna is difagreeably fweet., Fig. 2. The Sarsaparilla. (Smilax Sassaparilla.), The Sarsaparilla is a weak and feeble bush which grows in the marshy countries of South-America either creeping on the grouncl or winding itself round the trees. Its stalks are befet with small prickles; its leaves are oval, pointed, and deeply indented; its blossoms are white (Fig. c.) it bears dark red brown berries which grow in bunches (Fig. b.) but are not to be eaten. Its root who le phyfical virtue is known, is a knot (Fig. a.) ab ont an inch thick which divides itself into long fibrous branches under the surface of the ground. It is the only ufe. « ful part of the whole plant; it is digged out, anddried, and constitutes a pretty dear article of commerce.
