44 The Natsrat Hiflory of |AMAICA. 
Caffia-fiftula as good as that of Eaft India the Spaniards ufe in Bra/ie, 
but it was unknown to the Indians. Azonymus Portugal Purchas p. 1305- 
lib, 7. cap. Ye 
‘Ousted Summary, ap. Eden. p. 221. found it in Hifpaniola. — 
Oviedo, Lib. 8. Coron. Cap. 1. tells us, that from Seeds this throve won- 
derfully in the Wefl Indies. 
Ligon, p. 14. met with it in Cape Verd Iles, and p. 68. fays it grows 
eight Foot ina Year, and that the Pod is fhaped like a Black-Pudding. 
Hernan Lopez de Caftaneda, cap. 40. found this ‘Tree in Canazor. 
And Terry, p. 118. inthe Mogul’s Country. 
Linfchct, defcr. de Guinea, cap. 5. found it in Congo ufed by the Moors 
for Difeafes of the Reins, and to purge eafily. and in his Defer. de L? Ame~ 
rique, cap. 5.10 New-Spain, as alfo that Rio de Cana-fiftola in Brafil hath its. 
Name from much of this growing there Defer, Amer, cap..to. 
XV. Cafia minor fruticofa hexaphylla fena folijs. Cat. fam. p. 146. Raij. 
Vol. 3. Dendr. p. u10. tab. 180. Fig. 14.2, 3, 4 Caffia Americana fatida folsjs 
fenna. Plum. Tournef. Inft. p..619. pl. Am. p. 18. An Caffia-fiftala Famatcenfis 
Acacia tinttoria feu tamarindi ovatis folijs denfioribus glabris. Plukenet. Alm. 
90. 
Several Stalks or fmall round Stems of the Bignefs of ones little Finger, 
having a Barkilike young Hazel, of a light brown Colour, rife ftreight up | 
from the fame Rooér to five or fix Foot high, they are woody and brittle, 
and fend forth towards their Tops, feveral Branches, befet with many | 
winged Leaves like thofe of the Colutee, there are almoft always fix Pin- 
nx or three Pair fet one againft another, very round, of a yellow green 
Colour, but no pleafant Smell. On the Tops of the Branches are always 
Flowers, they are yellow, Pentapetalous, like thofe of Caffia, and ftand 
fomewhat like to Papylionaceous Flowers, tho’ more fparfe, have many 
green Stamina, in the Middle of which is a hooked Stylus like the Cafia- 
fiftula Alexandrina, C.B, to the Flowers of which, this in every thing is 
like, After the Flowers follow the Pod each about an Inch and half long or 
longer, round,of a light brown Colour, containing one Row of compre{s’d 
browse Seeds ina {weetifh Pulp of the fame Colour, filling the reft of the 
Pod. : | | | | 
It grows in the Plain or Low-lands of Jamaica as well asall the Caribes. 
The Leaves are ufed in Place of Seva and purge well; the Pulp is of 
the fame Tafte and Vertue with the ordinary Caféa Syen, 
If this be the Sena mention’d by Rob. Harcourt ap, Purchas, 1276, it 
grows in Gutana, 
XVIUL. Calis nigra feu fiflulofa 2da five Caffia fiftula Brafiliana C. B. Pin. 
Pp. 403. Cat. Jam. p. 146. Caffia-fiftule Brafiliana cujus folia ovate fulva lanu- 
gine Junt obtecta, Pluken. Alm. p. 90. Cafia [ylveftris hift. Inful Antill, Hort. 
Reg, Paris, p. 43. Caffe du Bre/. Pommet, p. 218. An Caffis Sylveftris Ameri~ 
cana filiqua fubrotunda Caffia uncialem longitudinem vix excedente ex infula 
Barbados ad nos allata, Pluken. Mant. p40. 
‘ Horfe-Caffia, ftom its being given to purge Horfes by Farriers. 
_. This grows in the Low-land Woods by the Sides of Rivulets in great 
Abundance, and Ihave nothing to add to what Breynius fays of it, buc 
that he is miftaken when he fays.and Figures the Flowers to come out ex 
alis Foliorum for they take their original from the Branches themfelves, as 
does 
