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The Bark of this, which is bitterifh, either powder’d, or the Decoc- 
tion ufed by way of Fomentation to old and ill-natur’d Ulcers is {aid 
to cure them, by Pé/o, nay even Cancers themfelves, by its cleanfing and 
drying Quality. 
The fame Author fays ’twas ufed to reftore the Tone of relax’d 
Parts, being very adftringent, and that Whores made great Ufe thereof 
to conccal their loft Virginities. 
XXXV.Herba mimofa non {pinofa araruniegt@- Seu BexyumratirnlO- deJamaica 
Patavina ditta, Morif. Cat. Fam. p.152. An malam todda vaddi Hort. Malab. 
Part 9. p.37-Tab.21 ? Afchinomene mitis prima Commelin. Hort. Amft. 
Pag.61, Mimofa di. Famaica. Zanon. p. 149. Herba fenfitiva 1ma infule 
Tabago. Rochef. An A&{chynomene [eu mimofa arborefcens Americana non |pinofa 
pinnis Acacia Latioribus flore albo. Breyn, prod. 2? An the ftrange Plant of 
Sombrero of Lancafer ap. Purchas. lib; 3. cap. 3.§.2.0.152.? An Yervavi« 
va in Porio Rico? of Layfield ap. Purchas. lib. 6. p. 1174. 
Senfible-Plant: 
This agreed in all things with the Deftriptions of Zanoni and Breynius 
only the Leaves were fomewhat broader, and thin plac’d, and the Foot- 
{talks fupporting the Flowers had no {mall Foliola on them, which may be 
Varicties rifing from different Soils and Climates. 
It grew about Sixteen-Mile-Walk-Plantations in Samaicas 
Pifo tells us, altho’ it be Food for Cattle, yet the Indians of Brafile 
ufed to give this Herb powder’d in the ViGuals of thofe they refolv’d to 
kill, giving it in fmall Quantities fecretly and often, and that there was 
no better Antidote for this Poifon than the Root. of this Shrub, and 
likewife he fays that the poifonous Leaves made into a Plaifter, cure 
the Strume by refolving them. It poyfons, as he tells us, and kills them 
by Degrees, making them CacheGtical, fhort winded and Melancholly till 
they Die. 
The Seeds are Food for Turtle Doves, 
and in Scarcity are eat by the 
Inhabitants of Cura/ao. Commelin. | 
XXXVI. Mimofa arborea non {pinofa folijs feu piunis latiffimis. Cat. Fam. 
p- 152. Tab, 182. Fig. 6. Raij. Hift.Vol, 3: p- 480. ! 
Another Sort of Wild-Tamarind or Senfible-T yee, 
This Tree rifes to not above Nine Foot high, having a ftreight, 
round, fmooth, ‘Trunc, anda Bark of a reddith brown Colour. It hath 
feveral Branches having winged Leaves, four or fix fet on the com: 
mon Inch long Footftalk or middle Rib, the Pinne are even in Number, 
fet One oppofite to another, fmooth, and of a dark green Colour ; the 
Flowers come out ex lis Foliorum, confifting of many long, white 
Hairs or Filaments, in a greenifh Capfula, many of which are fet 
round the End of their common Footftalk, making a fpherical Head, as 
the others of this kind, but not {melling fweet. To thefe follow Pods, 
of the Thicknefs of a half Crown, firft green, afterwards brown, con- 
taining feveral blackifh, brown, oblong Peas, fmall, and like thofe of 
Vetches, each Of which makes a round Protuberance over its Bed, 
eafily difcernible before the Pod be open’d. 
It grows in the Way from the Town to Gyanabos on the red Hills 
very plentifully. 
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