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196 The Natural Eiftory of Jamaica. 
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fubftance of the fame colour. The Leaves of this Plant have a fweet taf 
like Liquorice, whence the name. 
It grows near a Wood in the Town Savanna, towards two Mile Wood, 
by the River fide going to the Ferry, and in feveral other places of this 
Ifland. 
Three Spoonfuls of the expreffed Juice of the Leaves of this Plant given 
Evening and Morning for three days, is counted an infallible Remedy for 
any Cough. 
This, according to Pifo, is very emollient. 
X. Veronica cane hexangulari, foliis fatureia ternis, ferratis. Cat. p.81. Tad, 
rig: Fy. 2. 
A great many white ftrings meet from every fide, to make up one ftraighe, 
oblong, woody Root, from whence arifes an hexangular, woody, gray 
Stalk, {preading its {elf into green Branches about one Foot high. The 
Leaves come out three at a joint, at about half an Inches diftance. -They are 
long, {errated, fimall, and narrow, like thofe of Savoury, only of a pale 
green colour. This Plant has on an eighth part of an Inches long Foor- 
Stalk, a fall whitifh gray, tetrapetalous Flower, after which follows im 
a brown Capfula, fome brown, angular Seeds... The Capfules ftand round 
the Stalks ex alis folioram on Foot-Stalks like to verticillated Flowers, each 
being made up of four membranes, they are not round as the former, but 
long, and pyramidal, and furrounded with four Leaves for its Calyx. 3 
The Delcriptions and Figures of this, and the foregoing, feem to dif- 
fer, though Dr. Plakenet, p. 151. Mant. thinks them the fame. Perhaps 
they nfay only vary. | 
It grows in the fandy Savannas. 
XI. Papaver {pinofum, C: B. Cat. p. 8x. Argemone Mexicana. Tournef. El. 
p. 204. Luft. p. 239. 
This Plant agrees exactly to the defcription given by Authors. 
It grows every where about the Town of St. Fago de la Vega, on the 
road thither from Paflage Fort, and in all the Caribes very abundantly. 
The Leaves of this Plant boil’d promote fleeping. 
A Thimble full of the Seeds are reckoned a very violent Purge. 
The Seed powdered and taken to the quantity of two Drams, purges all 
Humours, efpecially Flegm from the Joints. The Milk, with a Womans 
Milk that borea Female, dropt into the Eyes, Cures their Inflammations, It 
is good again{t intermitting Fevers. The Flower applied Cures the Scab. 
The Taft is bitter, and it ishot and dry. Its diftill'd Water, with the tops 
of Mizquitl takes {pots out of the Eyes, and eats Proud Fleth, takes away 
pains of the Head, and helps other fuch Difeafes. Azern. 
The Seed came from England, under the Title of Figo del inferno. Bah, 
The prickly Head is long and round, fomewhat like a Fig, and whofo- 
ever fhould have one ftick in his Throat, quickly goes to Heayen or Hell; 
from thence ’tis called Ficus Infernalis. Park. 
XII. Chelidonium majus arborenm foliis, quercinis. Cat. p. 82+ Tab. 125. 
This Shrub riteth to ten or twelve Foot high, having a ftraight Trune, g 
big asones Arm, covered with a white, {mooth Bark, being branch’d aaa 
the top, the Branches ends, having a great many Leaves {et round them 
without any order. They are of the fhape of Oak Leaves, have an Inch 
long Foot-Staiks, ate feven Inches long, and three broad at the blunt top 
where broadett, being narrow at the beginning, and having on their fides 
fome decp finuations, one great middle, and feveral cranfverfe Ribs, and 
being 
