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ing the longeft; the. Twigs were on their further Ends befet with very 
many Leaves, fet. clofe by one. another, and for the moft Part: ‘Oppa- 
fice. The Footftalks were two Inches long, -having’ a Swelling ar the 
coming out of the Twigs, and another near the: Leaf it felf}-which was 
fix Inches long and two broad in the Middle, where broadeft, fmooth, 
thin, having one middle Rib, fending tranfverfe ones to the Sides, 
hard, and exactly like the Leaf of the Cacao-Tree. The Bloffoms are 
feveral, coming out from the Branches themfelves, pentapetalous, tho’ all 
the Petala be joyn’d at Bottom, yellow and purple ftriped, with a yel- 
low Stylus, ftanding on the Ends of Green. branch’d Stalks, three In- 
_ ches long, to:which follows:a large, fhort, thick and broad Pod, with- 
in which lie feveral great Beans or Seeds, about which is an edible fweet 
The Seed brought in a Gaizea Ship from that Country; was here 
planted by Mr. Goffe in Colonel Boarden’s Plantation beyond Gaanoboa. 
Iris called Bichy by the Coromantin Negro’s, and is both eaten and 
ufed for Phy fick in Pains of the Belly. | 
XLIV. Neriamatborenm, folio méximo obtufiore, flore incarnato. Cat. Fam. 
p-154- Tab. 185, did 186. Fig. 1. Raz. Vol. 3.. Dendr. porr4. Clematis ar» 
borea Americana; laurinis ampliffimis folijs, flore lacce colore oderatiffimo ‘Fas 
maicenfibus C Barbadenfibus noftratibus, The Jellemy-Tree. wuncupata Pluk. 
Almag. p.109 Plumeria flore rofeo odoratiffimo, Tournef. Inft. p. 659. Plum. 
ph Amer. p. 20.00) & ; {3 oF, jt yr 
The Safmin-Tree. 
This Tree grows to be about the Bignefs of an Apple-Tree, and 
fpreads it felf on every Hand with few Branches, which at their farther 
Ends are befet with very broad oblong Leaves ofa yellowifh green Cos 
lour and fmooth.. The Ends of the Branthes fuftain. Bunches of ex. 
tremely pleafant Flowers both:for Colour and Smell; much larger than 
thofe of Neriam, but otherwifeexa&ly like them. The Seeds are laid clofe 
in horned Pods after-the manner of others of this. Kind} 
It is planted for Ornament in the Gardens of Famsica, Barbados and 
the Caribe Iflands. 7 | 
This Tree yields a Milk ofa burning Nature, and yet the Indians fay 
that,.taken guatuor cbolorum menfurz, or two Scruples twenty four Grains, 
it purges very eafily, the Phlegmatic, Cache€tical Humours of thofe in 
the French Pox or Dropfy, efpecially if they come froma cold Caufe. Bur I 
do not. believe this can be taken into the Body without Hurt, being moft - 
vehement, therefore. twill be. beft (as the Indians know by Experiment) 
to purge by applying it to the Navel ina {mall Quantity. It cures 
prefently the Skin Difeafes,as:Scabs, Leprofies, Ring-worms, ¢c. Thofe 
of Guaxotozinca ufe this to.two Drams, in intermitting Fevers. Her- 
nander, who fays: he hadalmoft kill’d himfelf with: tafting the Milk, 
he with Ximenes affirm, that,it refolves Apoftemes,;.and that altho’ ir 
be a great Poifon,, yet it may be in fome Cafes very ufeful. . 
Hughes tellsus that Butter is made :of this Jafmin, fmelling very 
{weet. | , io} | pln | 
It has a white Milk which ;1s good in Cholicks aad the Pox to purge 
with, it works fafer if anointed on the Navel, it may be prepared 
as Efula Scammony-and the like. .Fon/t. : 
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