ce ee rennet mene ump cag 
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rap Vana 2 Natural Ehiflory of Jamaica. 
The Seed is counted Cordial, and powdered with Coffce, is good for the 
Stomach, Head and Heart, Vefling. and is therefore given in Palpitations of 
the Heart, powdered to a Dram. 4/p. ae 
It is in great price, and ufed by the Egyptias Women in Baths, but to 
what purpofe they will not reveal to Chrittians. Bell. ap J. BL . 
The Confectioners in France ufe the Seed to give a good {mell to their 
Comfits. TZertre. 
XXIV. Alcea acetofa, trifido folio India orientalis. Breyn. prod. Cat. p. 99, 
Alcea Acetofa Indica goffypii folio pericarpio coccinei colorts, capficé filiquam amin 
lante. Plukenct. Alm. p.15+ An fair Indorum Oxalis Cannabina fruticofa frudéss 
coccinea coronato. Triumf. MSS. Cupan. Hort. Cathol. p.194. Ketmia Indica, 
golfypit folio, acetofe fapore. Tournef: Inft. p. 100. French Sorrel. 
This rifes higher thana Man, it has athick round Stalk, covered with a 
red Bark, with a Pith within it, and a great number of Branches coming 
out onall fides, without any order, three or four Foot long, having Leaves 
{tanding on red, Inch long Foot-Stalks, being about three Inches long, and 
two broad at the Bafe, and divided into three great Lacinie, cach of which 
has a Rib going from the Center through the Leaf, which are all red, they 
are alfo indented, about the edges green, the whole Plant having a fowr 
taft like Sorrel, whence thename. Fx alis foliorum come the Flowers ftand- 
ing on fhort Foot-Stalks, of a greenifh yellow colour, with purple in the 
bottom, large, and pentapetalous, with Stylus and Stamina, as in this Kind, 
{landing within five Capfular, red, fmall, long Leaves, inclofed by twice as 
many narrower of the fame fort, being very red and thick. “When the 
Flowers fall off there follows a membranaceous, oblong, round, five cor- 
nered, pointed, fharp Cupfula, in which are five Cells, containing {fo many 
rows of roundifh, comprefs'd, light, brown Sceds, like thofe of Mallows, 
only much larger. 
It is planted in moft Gardens of this Ifland. 
The Capfular Leaves are made ufe of for making Tarts, Gellies, and 
ee to be ufed in Fevers, and hot Diftempers, to allay Heat, and quench 
Thirft. 
The Root given to two Drams, purges eafily the Stomach and Guts. 
flernandez. Whofe Defcription agrees, the Stature excepted, but his Figure 
is very faulty. | 
The firft Leaves are fometimes whole, commonly divided into three L.ci- 
wiz, and fometimes like Elleboraftrum, into {even Sections. 
The Leaves either alone, or boiled with other Herbs, are eaten by Jz- 
dians. The Stalks are, as Hemp with us, {pun into Ropes and Yarn, 
therefore fet in their Fields and Gardens. Herm, 
XXV. Caryophyllata foliis alatis. Cat. p. 99. Caryophyllata Campeftris elatior 
Brafiliana folits acuminatis. Pluk. Almag. p.87. 
This is well defcrib’d and figur'd by Pifo, fo that there ‘needs no more 
be faid of it, but that ’tis very common in the Woods of this Ifland. 
It is very Hot and Dry, it attenuates, Cuts, Cleanfes and is Adftringent, 
and therefore is not only good to corroborate the Bowels, but likewife to 
cut tough Humours. Pi(o, : 
Cuar. 
