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~The Natural Fiiftory of Jamaica. 209 
This {mall repent Plant has very {mall Hairs for Roots, which it flrikes out 
at its joints. The Stalks are {fmall, round, hairy, jointed at every half 
Inch, from whence come out on an eighth part of anInch long Foot-Stalks, 
round, {mall Leaves of a pale green colour, rough, of about a quarter of an 
Inch Diameter, {nipt about the edges. Towards, and at the tops come the 
Flowers in a tufft. together, being very {mall and white, but whether they 
belong properly to this place or no, I know not. 
It grows on the fides of Rocks, which it covers, among the Mountains 
near Hope River in Liguance, by Mr. Elletfon’s Plantation. 
This is extreamly different from the Nummularia major rigidioribus  ra- 
rius crenatis foliis, Gc. Plukenet. Alm. p. 254. though the Doétor in his 
Mantiff. p. 136. thinks they may be the fame. 
XXIII. Zribulus terreftris major, flore maximo odorato. Cat.p. 90. Tab. 132. 
Fig. i. 
Sie a pretty ftraight and deep Root {pring a great many Foot and an 
half long trailing Branches, {pread every way on the {urface of the Ground, 
from the top of the Root, as from a Center. The Stalks are round, fuc- 
culent, brittle and thick, from whence go feveral Branches fet with winged 
Leaves. The Pinne are generally fix, or three pair, of a dark green colour, 
the furthermoft pair being largeft. +: The Flowers come out towards the ends 
of the Branches, are of a pale Orange, or yellow colour, pentapetalous, very 
large, and {melling fweet. After which-follows a {mall prickly Head, with 
a long procefs fomething like to the Geraninm Sceds, only thefe are fer 
with very {trong prickles, though not very fharp on the largeft fide, or 
that part of the Seed neareft the Stalk. | 
It grows in the Streets of the Town of St Fago de la Vega, and in rocky 
or gravelly Grounds in moft Plantations in the }fland. 
A Salve is made of this Herb with Suet, good for the Ringworm, a 
frequent Diftemper in this place. 
The European Kind is adftringent, and good for all Inflammations. 7. B. 
This feems to differ much from the 7ribulus terreftris major Caraffavicus. 
Herm. in not being fo large, nor having fo many Wings in its Leaves. 
XXIV. Urtice folio anomala, flore pentapetalo purpureo, fruttw pentacocco 
muricato. Cat. p.90. Tab.132. Fig. 2. 
Froma rediih, round, deep, oblong Root, come feveral round, green, tough 
Branches, about fix Inches high, along which come out {everal {mall Leaves 
oval, fnipt or deeply cut in onthe edges, fmooth, and ftanding ona {mall 
Foot-Stalk. Between them and the Stalk comes out a {mall, pentapetalous, 
purplifh Flower, {tanding on a very fmall, reddifh Foot-Stalk, and having 
one large Stylus, which in fome time grows to be red, large, and afterwards 
rough and brown, it is pentacoccous, or divided into five Cellule, containing 
each ableckifh Seed, and all are pendulous, or inclining towards the Ground, 
It grows among the Grafs in the Town Savanna. 
XXV. Gratiole afinis frutefcens Americana, foliis agerati (cu veronica erecta 
majoris. Breyn. prod. 2. p. 54. Cat. pe 90. Capraria Curalfavica cr Cabritta 
vulgo. Elerm. par. Bat. p. 110. AnTsjern parva. Efort. Mal. part. lo. p. 105 ? 
Tab. 532 Weft-India Thea. 
_ Several fimall two Inches long brown Roots united, fend upa Stem three or 
four Foot high, wooddy, covered with a fmooth clay coloured Bark, and 
haying feveral Branches, which are very thick fet towards their tops wich 
Leaves round their Stalks, without any order. Each Leaf is an Inch long, and 
not overan eighth part of an Inch over at top ‘ites broadeft, having no : ere 
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