The Natural Hiftoryof JAMATC A. 
367 
P. 166. |. 29. After 51 add, Arum Aegyptium feu Colocaffia. In- 
hame Grifl. virid. p.7o. Arum gyptium Caftell. Hl. Meff. pe ‘a. 
Colocaffia. Fj. ib. p. 7 Qolocaffia cum flore C. B. Merian. Floril. Tab. 
r1o. Chou Caraibe fauvage de Labat- T- 3. p 133. where he tells 
us, that run away Negroes feed on its Root, | | 
I, 29. At the End add, Tayas or Eddos, are eaten in famaica, and caule 
a Heat inthe Throat, call’d commonly there feratching the Throat, and 
this when well boiP?d. They are therefore tho’ eat only by Negroes, and 
commonly given to Swine, as Mr. Barham tells me in his Obfervations. 
P. 167.1. 46, At the end add, An Melenfchena. H- M. P. II. p. 39 ? 
P. 168. 1.8. At the end add, Pl. Amer. p. 4? 
|. 22. After 63 add, Arum caulefcens Canng Indicx folijs. Plum. Pb 
Amer, p- 4. | 1B bids 
1.24. After 79 add, Cannes d’Inde ou Seguine batarde. Labat, ‘T. 
3. pi 202° : to | Bey 
 ~After |. 31. add, An Ointment is made of this with Hogs Lard; 
and Tortoife Fat, or Snake’s Fat, which being applied as a Cataplafm, 
on the Scrotum, or other parts, voids the Water in Hydropick Peo- 
ple, as Mr. Barham in his Obfervations tells me. 
P. 169. 1, 4. At the end add, Pl, Amer, p. 5. 
|. 22. At the end add, Pl. Amer. p § ., ‘ 
P.1170. 1.4. At the end add, Arum fcandens'‘folijs cordiformibus mi- 
nus. Plum. pl. Am. p. 4. . | Es 0h 
, P1785. 1 5. After f. 6. add, Eleimon Ind. Galeopfis odorata~ & hir- 
futa Herba Nephritica virturibus. infignibus Surian. An Meliffa fpicata 
Lavendulam fpirans major, Plum, pl. Amer. p. 6? — zi 
After\. 24 add, If one fqueezes the Top of this Plant, a clammy 
odoriferous Subftance fticks to the Hand, The oily Spiric mixt with 
Lemon Juice, Water, and a little Spirit of Vitriol, and drank as Be- 
veridge plentifully, brings away Gravel and Sand. ’Tis a great Diu- 
retic, and relieves thofe with a total Stoppagee Mr. Barham in his 
Obfervarions of the Heibs of this Ifland, who tells me alfo that the 
Powder expels Wind, cures the Colic and opens ObftruCtions. 
1.26. At the end add, An Teucrij folijs Frutex Curaffavicus. Pluk. 
Phyt. p. 228. fig. 4? Verbena fpicata Jamaicana Teucriy pratenfis fo- 
lio difpermos. Ej. Tab. 321. fig. 1. and 327 fig.7. An Verbena Oru- 
bicaTeucrij folio Primulz veris flore filiquis & feminibus longiffimis, cauda 
Muris vulgo. Herm. Par, Bat. Pr. p. 83? Verbena Americana Veront- 
cx folijs. flore coccineo fpicato Breyn. Com. Hort. Amft. P. 11. 22}. 
Verbena difpermos Americana lignefcens Veronice folijs. Bob. Hitt. 
‘Ox. P. rir. p. 419. Verbena Americana latifolia {pica fimplici ton- 
giffima nigro purpurea. Magnol. Hort. Monfp. p. 203. | 
P. 172. 1. 8. At the end add, An Veronica procumbens Verbena fo- 
lijs Prom. bone Spei. Pluk, Mant, p. 188? pine Sponge ace 
P, 172. After the laft line add, This Dr. Plukenet in ‘his Mantiffa. 
p. 45 thinks may be his Chamedrifolia tomentofa Mafeatenfis. Phyt. 
T. 275. fig. 6. which it cannot be, neither can it be the Scordium 
hereafter mention’d, as he there fufpeéts, as may be feen by thofe 
who compare their Figures. : ee 
P. ad 6. At the oF ada, This 1s call’d Pickerings Herb, from 
a Cure uponan Eye of Caprain Pickering, bruis’d and turn’d out by a 
Stick with fire at jits end. This Cure was effcCted by a mafh, or the 
Herb bruis’d and applied to the Part. Mr Barham in his MS. Obfervacions. 
After |. 22 add, This feems ,perfeétly different trom the Clinopo- 
dium anguftifolium non ramofum flore coeruleo, labio eae cous 
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