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160 The Natural Hiffory of Jamaica. 
Ir grew juft by the Prifon going to the River. Whether it was wild, or 
came there accidentally, [ know not; but I obferv’d it here, and in moft of 
the Carzée Iflands. 
It is of great ule in Surgery, as well in Burnings and Scaldings, as virulent 
and malignant Ulcers, Apoflems, cc. Ger. 
The Seed came from Conjfantinople. Ia. 
An Ointment is made of the Juice boiled with Hogs greafe, curing all In» 
flammations, Burns, cc. The Leaves boil’d in Oil till burnt, then {train’d 
and mix’d with Wax, Rofin, and Turpentine, doth, (made into a Salve,) cure 
Ulcers and Wounds, new and old, Za. 
It is cold, the Decogtion of the Leaves is ufed as a Fomentation, or Linj- 
ment in Fevers, efpecially Quartans. The Fruit and leaves againft Pain in 
the Breaft, the Leaves infus'd in water into the Ears, cures Deafne(s. Pur 
on the Pillows it brings Sleep to thofe who are awake. If too many be eaten 
they bring madnefs. Herz. 
Four Grains make one Drunk. Two Drams kills, if not helpt with Vo- 
miting with warm Water and Butter, or Oil, and a Bath to the Legs and 
Arms. Math. 
The fixth partof a Dram IJnebriates. An Ounce kills the fame day. Lugd, 
Mixt and beat with Sireclim Oil (or Sefamum) it is applied to humoral 
Tumors. The Juice of the Leaves mixt with Sugar (Fagra de cana,) and ape 
plicd to an Ery/pelas cures it. Three Seeds are good in a cold Fever. The 
fame beaten with water wherein Rice has ftood, is fuccefsfully applied ro 
tumified parts. AZ, M. 
XXVIII. Linaria minor, erecta caerulea. Cat. p: 59. Tab. 103. Fig. x. 
This had a round, fingle Stalk, rifing to about two Foot high, on which 
were placed Leaves alternatively, being an Inch and an half long, narrow 
like the Leaves of Linaria lutea vulgaris. J.B. The tops of the Stalks were 
branched into feveral fix Inches long Spikes of blue Flowers, as the 
others of this Kind, after which followed fo many roundifh, turgid Seed- 
Vefiels, each divided into two Cells, in which lie flat, brown Seeds. 
dt grew on the Inland Savaynas of this Ifland. 
This Plant is, by its Title, Defcription, and Figure, fufficiently diftin- 
guifh’d from the other Linarie cerulee, as allo the linaria annua purpuros 
violacea, cc. mentioned by Dr Plwkenet in his Mantifja, p. 118. where he 
leaves out one of the Notes I give of this, viz. that it is lefler than the 
others that are blue, and then finds fault with my Title, as not defcribing 
it particularly enough. 
AXIX. Antirrinum minus anguftifolium, flore dilate parpureo. Cat. p. 49. 
Lab. 103. Fig.2. Balfam-Herb. 
This had a great many hairy, red fibers for Roots, which fend up a 
{quare nine Inches high, brownih Stalk, as big as thofe of leffer Centaury, 
on which ftood the Leaves oppofite to one another, having {mall Foot-Stalks. 
They were an [nchand an half long, and not over aneighth part of an Inch 
broad, of a very dark green colour. Towards the top the Stalk was di- 
vided into Inch long Branches, fet with feveral Flowers, like thofe of Antir- 
rhinum, of a pale purple colour. I {aw not the Seed, but doubt not it ought 
to be referr’d to this Kind. , 
It grew on the rocky and woody Hills between Guanaboa, and Colonel 
Bourden’s Plantation, on each fide of the Road very plentifully. 
It is accounted by the Zadians, and thofe who came from Surinam, to be 
an extraordinary Vulnerary. 
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