a re tg ee 
200 = The Natural Fhiftory of Jamaica. 
cis torulis canaliculatis. Bob. Hiff. Ox. pert. 3. p 522. An Cuechiliz tomatl. 
Flernandez, p.3742? The Great Virginia red Nightthade. 
I could not obferve any difference between Parkinfon’s Great red Virginia 
Solanum, and this growing here, and therefore will not give the defcription 
of it, it feeming to me to be the fame. 
It grows on the more mountainous parts of this Ifland, as in Liguance, 
onthe Mountains above Mr. Elletfon’s Plantation, on Mount Diablo, in 20- 
ing to the North fide, and feveral the more cool places of this Ifland. 
It is uled by the Zzdians in New-England to dye their Skins and the Barks 
wherewith they make their Baskets. xglifh People in Virginia call it Red 
Weed. Virginia Nightlhade is a familiar Purger in Virginia and Noey- 
England. A {poonful or two of the juice of the Root works flrongly. The 
dried Root has not, upon trial, been found to have that effe@. Park. 
Theru-Caniram, H. M. 1s of this Kind. 
XXL. Solanum racemo{um Avsericanum minus. Cat. p. 85. An Heliotropium 
Curaffzvicum Scammonii foliis mollibus fubhirfutis. Herm. par. Bat. prod? A- 
maranthus taccifer Circee foliis, Flort. Amft. part.1. p.127. 
This has a {mall, oblong, fibrous Root, which fends up one green, round 
Stalk, two Foot high, having many Branches. The Leaves ftand on the 
Stalks without any order, are almoft like thofe of Circea Lutetiana, or the 
foregoing, only leffer. The Flowers come in a Spike on the tops of the 
Branches, which have fome large hairs or foft prickles, they have very fhort 
Foot-Stalks, are many, white, and tetraperalous, after which follow fome 
very f{imall, at firft green, then red Berries. 
It grows every wherein the Woods of this Ifland, and in the Caribes, 
De Tertre tells us of a {mall Solazum, anda Plant like Circea, which, with 
the juice of its Root, Cures the Tooth-ach. Perhaps that like Circa was this. 
XXIV. Ghandiroba vel Nhandi-roba Brafilienfitus. Maregr. Cat.p.85. 
This grew very plentifully on a Lime-Hedge near Mrs. Guys Houfe in her 
Plantation in Gwazaboa, as alfo in Mountain River Woods, and in {everal 
other places. The Fruic, or inward Nuts, are carried down frefh Rivers into 
the Sea, and thence are thrown upon the Banks by the Waves again very 
frequently. 
_ The Inhabicants of Brafle make an Oil of the Kernel of this Fruit, which 
they ufe in their Lamps, being very clear, good, and withal flow in con- 
fuming. It cannot be us’d for Victuals being bitter, as is the whole Fruit. 
_Marcer. 
This Oil is good againft Aches from Cold, it being Hot. I remember to 
have {een whole Families of thofe of Brafle Sick with the Night Air, re- 
ftor’d with this Oil. Pafo. 
MXM. Clematis baccifera, glabra cp villofa, rotundo & umbilicato folio, 
Plumier. Cat. p. 85. An Caapeba, Pif. Worm, mnf. p.158 2 An Volubilis feu 
baccifera Virginiana.’ officulo compreffo lunato, candice lento, foliis hederacezs na- 
ffurtii Indici more umbilicatis. Banift. Pluken. Alm. p. 393? Velvet-Leaf. 
. Thishasa round, whitifh, wooddy Stalk, with which it turns about, and 
catches hold of any Tree it comes near, and rifes to its top, and thence 
falls down again, putting forth all along fome fimall Branches, having fe- 
veral Leaves, like a Heart, or almoft round, of about an Inch in Diameter, 
the edges being undivided. They are of a white yellowith colour, very 
thick fet with a whitith down, or foft hair, feeling to the touch as Velvet, 
whence its name. The Flowers come out among the Leaves are hanging 
,on a two Inches long Strings, as thofe of Nettles, each Flower being very 
{mall, 
