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124 Tbe Natural Hiflory of Jamaica. 
Icaves, come an Inch long ftrings of herbaceous Flowers, like thofe ef other 
Netties, after which follows a tricoccous, rough Seed-Veflel, cach corner 
of which inclofes one round, reddifh, brown Seed. 
It grows among the Shrubs in the Town Savanna, going towards two 
Mile Wood, and elfewhere very plentifully. 
If this be the Valli Schorigenam, the decoction of the Roots drank, cx- 
tinguifhes the heat of the Liver, and is good for {well’d Bellies, wirh fup- 
preilion of Urine. The fame beaten, and mix’d with Sugar and Milk, is good 
for the Itch. The Juice of it, beaten and drank, is good for thofe piling 
vifcid and purulent Urine. 4./7, 
II. Urtica urens arborea, foliis oblongis, anguftis. Cat. p.38. Tab. 83. Fig. t. 
This Shrub I defcribed, which feemed to be young, rofe to about eight or 
nine Foot high, bya round, flraight, woody Trunc, of the bignefs of ones 
little Finger, covered witha {mooth, brownifh Bark. It had towards its top 
feveral Leaves coming out alternatively ftanding on an eighth part of an 
Inch’s long Foot-Stalk, each whereof were about three or four Inches long, and 
about three quarters of an Inch broad in the middle where broadeft, being 
even about the edges, unlefS one{mall Lacinia, with a fharp point, made the 
Leaf as it were eared towards the top (which fome Leaves wanted, and fo 
perhaps that was accidental) from the Foot-Stalks end it grew broader to the 
middle, and thence decreafed, ending ina point. It was of a dark green 
colour, and had feveral Ribs, appearing on its under fide, and on its {urface 
and edges many long, {mall prickles, which, as I was told, were very burning, 
and look’d fo fierce that I was very loath to make the Experiment my felf, 
but very cautioufly took the top of the Shrub, and dried it. I never faw 
either its Flower or Fruit. 
J found it in the Woods on the Hills on the other fide of the Rio-Cobre, 
near the Azcgels. 
Il. Urtica racemofa humilior iners. Cat. p. 38. Tab. 82. Fiz. 2. 
This had a Root half a Foot long,. very ftrong, and deeply faftned in 
the Earth, from which went feveral Filaments very far {pread on every fide, 
drawing nourifhment to the Plant. ‘The Stalk was two Foot high, {quare, 
and covered witha reddifh brown Bark, having feveral Branches, going out, 
oppofite toone another. ‘The Leaves ftand towards the top, fet oppofite one 
to the other at half an Inch’s diftance, exactly like thofe of Nettles, but they 
did not fting. Ex alis foliorum comes an Inch long Racemus of green Flowers 
and Fruit, like thofe of the urtica major vulgaris, J.B. only the Apices, of 
Seeds making up the Racemus were more folid, flat, and not cornered. 
It grew on the Banks of the Rio Cobre, near Mr. Fonjeca’s Plantation. 
[V. Urtica iners racemofa fylvatica, folio nervofo. Cat. p. 38. Tab. 83. Fig. 2. 
From a {mall, ftringy, brown Root, Springs a cornered, green Stalk, one 
Foot and an half high, having two Leaves at the Joints, {tanding oppofite one 
to the other, on two Inches long Foot-Stalks. They are four Inches long, 
and three broad inthe middle, where broadeft, rough, frefh green coloured, 
a little indented about the edges, having three Ribs running from the end of 
the Foot-Stalk, as from a common center, through the Leaf, with feveral 
tran{verfe ones, fomething like the Leaves of Nettles. The Flowers ftand 
at top in a bunch altogether, being brownifh, very {mall, miufcofe, reticu- 
lated, and making a pleafing Figure. 
It grows in the fhady Woods near Hepe River in Liguanee, and in the 
woody and fhady Mountain near Colonel Cope’s Plantation in Gaanaboa, 
V. Urtica — 
