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15. S. igneum. 



16. S. aculeatissimum, .Tat-ij. (Herruk.) 



Apple-of-Sodom. Green Turtle Cay. 



17. Brunfelsia, sp. 1 (Herrick.) 



A tall shrub. Green Turtle Cay. 



18. Physalis Linkiana, Griseb. 

 Winter's Cherry. West Indies. 



Very many plants of this order possess useful medicinal and other 

 properties. Tobacco does not grow well in the Bahamas, owing to 

 the poor soil. In medicine, Datura is used externally as a local 

 stimulant ; the seeds are strongly narcotic and poisonous. In spas- 

 modic asthma it is useful, especially when smoked. Externally, it 

 is an anodyne in its action. Here its juice, made with lard into an 

 ointment, is said to be good for ulcers and burns. The juice of the 

 Tomato is used in the Bahamas as an eye wash, and for a cooling 

 wash generally. The various specimens of Capsicum are stimulant, 

 carminative and diuretic and are so used here. The stem, leaves 

 and fruit of the species of Solatium are narcotic, antispasmodic and 

 diuretic. 



Order LXX. CESTRINEAE. 



1. Cestrum pallidum, Lam. (Swains.) 



Bastard Jasmine, Poison berry. Indigenous and West Indies. 



2. C. diurnum, L. 

 Indigenous. 



This order has narcotic and diuretic properties. 



Order LXXI. SCROPHULARINEAE. 



1. Scoparia dulcis, L. 



Liquorice weed, Sweet Broom- Weed. West Indies, tropical 

 America and all tropical countries. 



2. Capraria biflora, L. (Hjalmars.) Turk's Island. 



Goat-weed, West Indian Tea. Indigenous in West Indies. 



3. Buchnera elongata, Sw. 

 West Indian. 



4. Gerardia purpurae. 



5. Linaria vulgaris, Mill. 



Toad Flax. Naturalized from Europe. 



6. Verbascum pulverulentum, Mull. (Herrick.) 

 Green Turtle Cay. 



