182 The Natural Eiftory of Jamaica. 
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Dr. Plukenet in his Mantiffa, p.84. fays that I, more folite, confound the 
fynonimous names of Plants. I am fure he has done fo in this. Vid. Ahn. 
p.157. and 291. | 3 O) sad ao ES Biome 
It grows above Mr. Batchelor’s Houfe among the Honey-Comb-Rocks, and 
in Barbados very plentifully. / ri iy 
XIV. Phafeolus fylveftris minor, flore minimo, filiquis longis, teretitus, alba 
lanugine hirfutis. Cat.p.71. - 
This has feveral hairy fmall Stems, by which it turns it felf round any 
thing it comes near, and mounts to four or five Foot high, at every Inch and 
and an halfs diftance, putting forth Leaves. They are always three roge- 
ther, on an Inch long Foot-Stalk, the odd one being two Inches long, and 
three quarters of an Inch in breadth, hairy, of a yellowifh green colour, and 
plac’d one third of an Inch beyond the two Leaves at Bafe, which are every 
way fimaller. Oppofite to this Leaf comes the Flower, being of a pale’ 
green colour, and fcarce difcernable befides the Hair. After this comes‘a 
{mall Pod, green and hairy, two Inches long, of a dark brown colour, with 
a white Wooll on it, containing feveral oblong, round yellowifh Peafe, 
{ticking to the Pod by a white Eye in the middle. 
They grow very plentifully in the open Grounds on the Hedges in’ 
Guanaboa. _ — 
Concerning its Vertues. vid. 77. M1; Part. 8. p.68. Where amongft others 
tis {aid to be good, being mixd with. Cows-Milk, cither outwardly asa 
Liniment, or inwardly as a Potion, againft the bitings of Scorpions or Rats, 
and againft the {wellings of: the Zefes, Sota ea ea era 
XV. Phafeolus minor laitefcens flore: purpireo, Cat p. 71. Fab. 11.4. Fig. 4. 
This by its round, {mall,“woody,-‘Stalks, turns its {elf “round, and. 
mounts about any Tree or Shrub it comes near, rifing to fix Foot High. At 
every Inch or more, putting forth Leaves, three always together, flanding‘on 
an half Inch Jong Foot-Stalk.‘ ‘That one of the three oppofite to the Foot- 
Stalk, or inthe middle, being the largeft, is an Inch long, and three quarters 
of an Inch broad in the middle where broadeft, being roundifh or oval, of 
a dark green colour, fmooth, hard and nervous. ‘The Flowers come out ¢x 
alis foliorwm, being many on the fame very fhort Foort-Stalks, are three quar- 
ters of an Inch long, hollow, papilionaceous, and purple. After them: fol- 
low.two Inches long, and one fourth part of an Inch broad Pods, round, a 
little crooked, and fharp at the end---At firft they are green, then brown, 
and contain feveral brown, {mall Peafe. - 
All parts of this Plantare milky. 
It grew on the Red Hills, on each fide of the Road, among the Bufhes 
going to Granaboa, and other places very plentifully. 
XVI. Phafeolus minimus, fotidus, floribus fpicatis ¢ viridi luteis femine ma- 
culato. Cat.p. 71. Tab. 115. Fig. 1. An Phafeolus° Americanuus, fructu mini- 
mo, Variegato. Plum, Tournef. Inf. p. 4V5 ? 
This has round, {mall and ‘tender Stalks, rifing by, and twifling its (if 
round any thing it comes near, “till ix be fix or feven Foot high, having here 
and’ there along the Stalks, Leaves and Flowers. The Leaves are always . 
three, of a yellowifh green colour, ftanding on the fame common half Inch 
long Foot-Stalk,; round, and about the bignefS of thofe of the Zrifolium 
pratenfe album. \ts Flowers are many, ftanding on an half Inch long Foor- 
Stalk, Spike fafhion, are very*{mall, fcarce opening themf{elves, papilioria- 
ceous, and of a greenifh yellow colour. After thefefollow as many quarter 
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