194 ‘The Natural Hiftory of Jamaica. 
Lacuna makes two Kinds of it differing in bignefs, faying the laft Gas: 
hurtful, fometimes killing. ; 
lV. Sinapiftrum ALgyptium heptaphyllum, flore carne, majus [pinofum. Herm. 
Cat. Plant. Jam. p.80. Papaver corniculatum acre quingucfolinm Americaaum 
flore carnco majus {pinofum, Pluken. Alm. p. 280. 
The Root of this Plant is deep, large, white, and firmly fix’d in the 
ground, by feveral fmaller, going from the fides of the greater Root. The 
Stalk is very flrong, round, hairy, green, rifing to about four or five Foot 
high, {preading Branches on every fide, having on their lower parts fin- 
ger’d Leaves, ftaading on long Foot-Stalks, exactly refembling thofe of 
Lupins, or the Pentaphyllum filiquofum. Profp.- Alp. only each Finger is 
longer, narrower, hairy, and the whole Leaf, for the moft part, feven 
pointed. At the Branches, and Leaves beginnings are ufually two fhort, 
green, ftrong, ftraight Prickles. The Flowers come out ott every fide of the 
Branches tops. ‘They are cach made up of four long Petala, the firft part of 
which is narrow, and towards the end broad, being fhap’d like a Spoon, 
only not hollow, of a white colour, inclining to purple. In the middle of 
thefe Petala comes a great many long, purple Stamina. The Pods are fimall, 
round, and ofa pale greencolour, inclofing a great many very {mall, brown 
Seeds. The whole Plant is fomewhat vifcid, and has in every part of it a 
very grateful {trong {mell. 
It grows every where in the Streets ef the Town of St. fugo dela Veea. 
re } Li § a 
, re wee" WT Sinapiftrum Indicum pentaphyllum flore carneo minus, non-[pinofum. Herm. 
C BAL aseide » Cat. Plant. Fam p.80. Papaver corniculatam acre quinquefolinm AE gyptiacum 
7 eS minus flore carnco non fpinofum. Pluk. Alm. p. 280. ) ft €9 
This is commonly to be found near the Town of Paffage-Fort, and other « 
places as wellof Jamaica, as the Caribes, and in Egypt. » 
| | Boil’d in Oil it remedies cutaneous Difeafes, efpecially the Leprofie. The: 
rot ed Or per Hopes.’ whole Plant beat with Juice of Raca-palam, and anointed cures Puftles. 
at ’ The Juice is {nuff ’d up to hinder Poyfon from reaching the Head. The 
Ue athe \perra ea cre , fame does the Plant boil’d in water and drank. The Leaves provoke Ap- 
applies MC. Visessa petite, are expectorating and comforting, dif_ipate Phlegm and Wind. The 
a | Root and all beat and applied in Balls under the Arms, cures or diminifhes 
cold Ague Fits. The Juice with Oil helps Deafnefs dropt into the Ear. 
The Leaves beaten and applied to the Head cures its aching from cold. 
_ VI. Sinapiftrum Indicum triphyllum flore carneo non fpinofum. Cat.p. 80. Tab. 
a Yanna: “124. Fig.1. Papaver cornicalatum acre triphyllon Indicum floribus lateis vifco- 
Cleat pokes fum Ramaniffa Cochinenfibus dictum. Plukenet. Alm. p. 280. An- AriaVeela. 
joe q? |e -Flort. Malad. part. 9. p. 4t. Tab. 232 Trifolium fpicatum alind Hernandez. 
we p. 285 2 Vel Memeya de Tepoztlan Ejufd. p.3%4? 
we This has a four or five Inches long Root, {mall and white, with lateral. 
iw Fibers, drawing its Nourifhment. The Stalk is round, greeh, upright, two 
Foot long, without any Branches, but having Leaves thinly plac’d thereon, 
without any order, ftanding three always together on the fame common Inch 
long Foot-Stalks. The uppermoft of them is the largeft, being an Inch and 
an half long, and half an Inch broad in the middle where ‘broadeft, and 
{mooth. ‘Lhe top ofthe Stalk, is a Spike of tetrapetalous Flowers, each of 
the Petalabeing white, and flanding round feveral long purple Stamina, in- 
clofing a Stylus of the fame Jength and colour, though of a different bignefs, 
juft like the others of this Kind, and after them follows a three Inches long — 
“Pod, 
