364 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1889. 



Order III. P AP AVER ACE AE. 



1. Argemone Mexicana, L. 



Mexican Poppy, Prickly Poppy, Yellow Thistle, Fin-Bush. Nat- 

 uralized, from Mexico and Southern U. S. (Green Turtle), Herrick. 



The narcotic properties of this order are well known. Argemone 

 is used here by the bush doctors for the small-pox. Its seeds have 

 been used elsewhere as a substitute for Ipecacuanha; its juice is 

 said to destroy warts, to be efficacious against bites of venomous 

 serpents, and to be useful in ophthalmia. 



Order IV. CRUCIFERAE. 



1. Sinapis Brassicata, L. 

 Mustard. West Indies. 



2. Lepidium Virginicum, L. 

 Pepper Grass. U. S. 



Besides these species, which are wild, a large number of others are 

 cultivated, including many of the kitchen vegetables, e. g. Cabbage, 

 Cauliflower, Kale, Turnips, Radish, Cress, Sea-Kale, Horse-radish. 

 None of the plants in this order are poisonous. Most of them are 

 anti-scorbutics ; mustard taken internally is an emetic and diuretic, 

 externally a blister. 



3. Cakile sequalis, L'Her. (Hjahnars.) 



Turks Island. 



Order V. CAPPARIDEAE. 



1. Crataeva Tapia, L. 



Garlic Pear Tree, native of West Indies, called in Jamaica, Garlic 

 Tree, from odor of its fruit. Catesby says that land-crabs feed on 

 this in the Bahamas. 



2. Cleome pentaphylla, Ti. (S7vains.) 



Mustard, Sambo. Naturalized throughout West Indies. Origi- 

 nally from old world. This is reputed in the Bahamas to have 

 many useful properties. Boiled, it forms an excellent vegetable. 

 Its leaves per se heal sores and relieve the pain of the gout. In oil, 

 they cure skin diseases, especially leprosy. Boiled in water, it 

 causes expectoration and relieves flatulency. The juice of the plant 

 mixed with oil and dropped into the ear relieves deafness. The 

 properties of the order are similar to those of the preceding one. 



