The Natural Hiffory of Jamaica. 
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feveral red, dry Membranes, and has foft triangular graffie Leaves, about one 
Foot and an half long, like others of this Kind. At its Root, from the mid- 
dle of thefe Leaves rifesa Foot, or a Foot and an half high, folid, Stalk, trian- 
gular, and filled witha rufhy, fpungy Pith. At its top ftand three or four 
Leaves, which are foft and graffie, asthe others, of about fix Inches long and 
ghorter ; dbove which. come feveral fized Petioli, fuftaining many long ferrugi- 
neous Spikes, {landing out {parfe on every hand, cach being long, round, flen- 
der, and containing between the Scalcs many oblong, whicith, cornered 
Seeds, making in all a very elegant Head. ee | 
It grew near Bridge Town in Barbados, and in the Marfhes by the 2éo- 
Cobre, above the Ferry, towards the frefh water Laguna plentifully. | 
However rude the Labour or Travel in Childbed of the Savages is, the 
Powder of this, of the weight of a Crown taken in White-Wine, makes them 
be {peedily delivered. Zertre. Rochef. 
XXXIX. Cyperus, panicula maxime fpar{s, ferraginea compref[a, elegantiffina. 
Cat. p. 35. Lab. 75. Fig.s. An Cyperus Americanus panicu'a aurea maxima. 
Tournef. Inf. p. 527 ? 
This had fome few dark brown, or reddifh Roots, fending up fome two, 
or three Foot and an half long Leaves, inclofingthe Scalk, and one another, 
below, very narrow, or almoft round above, ftriated, and having a Pith like 
Rufhes. Fromthefe Leaves rife.a blunt three cornered Stalk, folid, not joint- 
ed, filled witha rufhy Pith, two Foot and an half high. Ac the top ftands 
two or three Leaves, (one whereof isa Foot long) under the Panicle, which 
is very fparfe and elegant, made up of a great many Spikes, {landing on the 
tops of three or four Inches long Foot-Stalks, fome on none, and others, of 
all intermediate lengths, which fend out round them other fimaller Petioli, 
making it proliferous, cach Spike being comprefs'd, broad, one third part 
of an Inch long, made up of two rows of ferrugineous Scales, one of each 
fide, being plac’d one over another, in cach of, which lics a black three 
cornered Sced. | hs 
It grew in the Sea Marfhes near the landing:place at Mr. De /a Crees in 
Liguanee. , 
The Defcription and Figure of this Cyperus, make it plainly different 
from the Gramza cyperoides Maderafpatanum: panicula wagis,fparfa c& {peciofa. 
Plukenet. Alm. p. 179, Phyt. Tab. 192. Fig. 2. though Dr. Plukenet in his 
Mantiffa,p.97. thinks it may be the fame. 
XL, Cyperus rotundus gramineus fere inodorus, punicula fparfa comprefa 
viridi, Cat. p. 35. Tab.76. Fig. 1. 
This has one round reddifh Tuber, fmelling not very much. ’Tis as 
largeas a Pea, and white within. It is join’d to the other Roots by a {mall 
Fibril, which with other Fibrils united in an oblong Root, fend out feveral 
five Inches long, blewith, green, graflie Leaves, inclofing the Stalk, and one 
another at bottom. In the middle of thefe Leaves comes a triangular four 
or five Inches long, not jointed, Stalk. The Top, or Panicle of this Grafs 
is divided into feveral Inch long Foot-Stalks or Petioli,.on cvery fide where- 
of, as well as at the top of the Stalk, are {mall fcaly, reddifh green, one 
quarter of an Inch long Spikes, made up of two rows of green Scales, and 
all inclofed by three or four:Inch long graflie Leaves, ftanJing round the 
top of the Plant under the Panicle very much refembling the Gramen pul- 
chrum parvum panicula lata compreffa. J.B. 
It grows in the fandy places of the Street of the Town of St. Fuge de Is 
Vega, after Rain, and in the fandy places of the Town Savanna. 
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