f 
« 
■»y 
*^ 
lobes or 
pointed ferrated (tg 
of 
a bluifh 
gr 
1 
I 
coioiir: the 
footftalks are long, tapering, purpliiL, and inferted in the difc of the 
leaf 
(pe 
d) :^ the f] 
are 
m al e 
d produced in acluftered term 
of 
Without a 
and 
conin 
id fe 
fpike 
male 
* ■*■■ 
th 
a 
^h 
male Ji^ 
fame pi 
are 
divided into five oval 
pointed purplifli fegments, enclofmg numerous lono; ftamina, wh 
unite at the bafe : 
w 
fpike, and have the 
the fe 
L 
e 
1 
PP 
yr>^'» 
p 
of 
e 
colour 
the 
is a 
contains th 
£V 
pfl 
arg 
les 
ar 
^ 
th 
ee 
fl 
three narrow fagm'ents, of a reddifh 
ender 
e 
three 

nut, 
cove 
d forked at 
red with tou 
the 
flattifh oblone feed 
buril 
c 
of the 
X 
ful 
It 
b 
which are 
1 
jC 
ap 
7" • 
pmes 
■*L 
? 
the 
md 
d out on the 
is a native of both the Indies 
d 
flowers in July and Auguft 
This plant 
ferves 
appea 
that the fe 
'S 
to be th 
K/j:;, or Kporccv 
f Diof 
\ 
a 
who 
ar^ 
^ 
d by iEtius, Paulus ^gineta, and Plin^ 
erfully cathartic ; -f- it is alfo men- 
r-r-\ 
Ricinus was firfl 
d 
annually 
England m 
frs 
the time of 1 
b 
d 
in man 
7 
ardens 
the 
(156 
ni 
y 
nd 
IS now 
hbourhood of London 
\ 
and in' that of Dr. Saunders,*" a 
t Highbury, the plant from which the 
^^ FIujus cuilibet loculo Iiieft nux ovata, utrinque comprefTa, interiori pr^cipue fuper- 
ficicj quse et linea longitudinali diftinguitur, n^agnitudine feminis Phafeoli minoris flore 
phceniceo,^ hilo prominente furfum notato, cui callus ante adh^ferat. Cortex ex bruno 
1 
F 
uteoque variegatus, fragilis, cingit nucleum album, veftitum cuticula tenella cc 
^igurae feminis cum Infefto Ricino (Acaro Ricino L.) bobus & canibus infel 
concolore 
fto^. fmiili-. 
tudo anfam denominationis totius plants dedit. M 
un\ y 
ip. MetL vol. iv. p 
^ Mat, Med.Hib. 4. cdp. 164. ' 
f Their violent and irritating efFe6i:s in this way are noticed by almoft all the Materia 
Medica vv'riters, and feem to be confirmed byThunberg, (D 
J 
p 
and Browne^ 
\ 
This 
be owing to the membranes which invefl: the kernel^ (vide Hey 
Alio Glendenberg 

P' Al 
tn 
hem. A> 
nnai 
785. vol. Vu p. 34. j 
Bergius fays, " Semen unicum Ricini vulgaris, tempore vefpertino, a viro fano & vegeto 
mafticatum & deglutitum, fapore fuit amygdalaYum, fed fenfationem mordentem in fau- 
cibus reliquit. Per totam no6lem tranquille dormivit hie vir ; fed fequente die mane 
expergef;i(?cus, 
nantes vomiturition 
m 
que obvelantem fedulo feparavit 
emefi violentia correptus fuit atque per totam diem fuftinuit nifus alter- 
Itionis & purgationis alvi, tametfi parum dejiciebat. Eadem vice nobilis 
^ Vide Hort, Hew. 
) 
noxam inde fenfit." M. M. p. 774. 
■ ' * m 
tely procured from different parts of 
the globe, and his fcientific and folicitous care in their cultivation, we are induced to hope^ 
s 
From the number of feeds which the Dodto 
fuch aufpiceSj will eventually receive confiderable 
prefe 
r 
\ 
