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204 Tbe Natural Hiffory of Jamaica. 
It grew on the fandy places of the Town Savanna, towards two Mile 
Wood. | 
i. Portulaca latifolia fen fativa, C.B. pin. Cat. p. 87. 
adie grows eee Speen Grounds, without being Sown, and 
agrees in every thing with its Defcription in all Authors. 
This name Porcalaca is thought to come from its feeding Swine. 
This wich Fern and Baflicum, are common to Ewrope and Brafile. Lery, 
It has fometimes a notch in the Flowers, or they are Zifid. 
The whole Plants are boiled, dried in the Sun, and ufed for Winter- 
Difhes. AMatth. we 
"The Stalks are pickled after drying with Fennel, Verjuice, and Salt. 
Lugd. 
This is the only Herbcommon to Maragnan and France. Abbev. 
It is Cold in the third, and Moift in the fecond Degree. It is eaten in 
Sallads, yields little cold, moift, and grofs Nourifhment, killing Worms, 
thickning and cooling the Blood, therefore {topping all its Fluxes. it is 
good for the Bladder, extinguifhing Venery. It takes away the pain of 
the Teeth fet on edge, and thefe things are done likewife by the Seed. 
It helps the Inflammations of the Uterus ¢ anus. Ger. 
This beaten with /otura oryze remedies Carbuncles. HY. MM. | 
Applied outwardly it cures the Zry/fipelas Inflammations, and procures 
fleep. Lon. . 
VIM. Portulaca anguftifolia five fylveftris. C. B. pin. Cat. p. 87. Pourpier 
de Bouton. p. 48. Tatcombelahe de Flacourt, p. 126» 
It grows in more barren fandy, and fometimes wet Grounds, and there- 
fore 1 doubt whether it may not be a variety of the former. 
Mr. Fames Lancafter ap. Hlakl. p.119. p.2. relates that being left on the 
Iland Mona, near Efpanola in the Weft-Indies, in great want, the beft relief 
they found was in the Sralks of Purfelain boiled in water, and now and 
then a Pompion found in the Garden of an old Jadéan, and that for twent 
nine days they lived fo. | 
IX. Portulaca aizoides maritima procumbens, flore purpureo. Cat. p. 88. . As 
Portulaca Caraffavica angufto longo lucidoque folio procumbens floribus rubsis. 
Pluken, Alw. p. 393? Comm, hort. Amft. p. 9 ? Sampier. 
This has many thick, juicy, round, red, frequently jointed Stalks, lying 
on the furface of the ground onevery hand. The Branches and Leaves come 
at the joints, the latter being an Inch and an half long, like the Chryfanthe- 
mum aixzoides, triangular, very juicy, faltifh in taft, like Sampier, not une 
pleafant, and very fucculent. Ex alis foliorum come the Flowers, which are 
pentapetalous. ‘The Petala are thick, of a purple colour varying fome- 
times. to white, ftanding Star-fafhion, with purple Stamina in the middle, 
and looking very pretty. After thefe follow many {mall, roundifh, com- 
prefs’'d Seeds, having a little defect inthe middle, being of a fhining black 
colour, like the grains of Gunpowder, or other the Seeds of Portulaca, in- 
clofed in a hexaphyllous Cup, with a clay colour’d cover to it, breaking 
horizontally, as other the Portulace. 
it varies very much in bignefSin feveral places. , 
It grows on the falt marfhy Grounds near Paflage Fort, old Harbour, on 
the Cayos off of Port Royal, and other fuch places very plentifully. 
. Tis pickled, and eat as. Englifh Sampier. 98 
The Leaves are preferv'd with Vinegar and. Brine, as Sampier,’: Solids: 
nella, Gc. and are eaten asa Pickle. Pif. y aida 
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