73 HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. eastard 



Gf.N'. CTTa!?. Calyx-ovatr, imbricated wiili srak's, closo bplow, nml iiugmenteJ 

 wuii si)b-ovatc tbliace )i4S ajipenaires at top ; fMjroihi compoumi ; .-tauiina capilla- 

 ry ; anthers t-yiinaric ; gcrmen very short ; style l<)n<;(.-r than U;6 stamens; stiTina 

 simple ; sce^Ji ooljiary. There arc tea s{)txics, o'.io ot' which has been cultivated 



ia Jamaica. 



TlNCToiuirs. nviNO. 



Toliis ses.'n'Uhis, dent'cidnti?, oblon^is, o5fiisis ; caidc assurgenti, 

 .iuni7n;f(i/tm versus ramoso. Browne, p, 314. 



Lcttvcs ovate entire, serrate-aculonte. 



T'.iis plant rises about twQ fet-t r.Hvl a half o-r three feet b.igh, dividing into many 

 brar.ches. 'i'he flowers o;ro\v sin<!!;le at tlie extremity of the branches, of a nnc saifro.n 

 colom*. Browne says this plant was mtrodueei irto Jamaica liy the Spanish Jews, and 

 tliat it was cultivated in most gardens about Kingston, whert- the florets were Ireqncntly 

 Uacd in broths or rau,ous. Tt grows iiatnni!ly in Egypt, anil other vrarin parts of Asia, 

 and is propagated fVom see.fs. 



This plant is well worthy of cultivation fur its many virtues ; the florets dried qivc 

 an agreeable colour to several culinary preparations, and arc used as an article of dye- 

 ing an J painting ; for vvhich purposes great quantities arc. annually imported into Eng- 

 land Irom tiic Levant. 



That which grows in America comesfar siinrt in goodness to that in England. Here 

 also grow in great plenty the cniciis, s'we cart/iainus sa/wus, and cuicim pcrcnn:s. 

 Tlie flowers ol' caiikaiiiiis are much used by the Spaniards (who call them bastard saf- 

 fron) in all their l)roths, to give them a yellow colour, which they do ; they are also 

 nse.l for dying. The seed is what is chiefly used in physic, or rather the kernel with- 

 in the seed, wnich, beaten into ail emulsion with honeyed water, or with the broth of 

 a pullet, anil taken fasting, opens the body, and purges watery and phlegmatic hn- 

 mour.-, both upwards and dow.nvards ; the seeds do the same clysterways ; an electuary 

 or lohnch, made with sugar or honey, and almonds and pine-kernels, cleanses ttie 

 breast and lungs of phlegm ; a drachm of the dried flowers taken, cures the jaundice ; 

 the confecr, called dhcarthamum, is a very great medicine to purge choler and phlegm, 

 as also watery humours. Parrots delight to feed upon them. Burhani, p. 163. 



BASTARD SENNA. CORONILLA. 



Cl. 17, OK. 4. Diadelph'a Derandria. Nat. or. Papilioimce^. 



This name is a diminutive from corona, a crov/n ; the flowers crowning the branches 

 in a cOrym!). 



Gen. char. Calyx simple ; corolla papilionacenus ; stamina diadelphous filaments, 

 anthers simple ; the pi-tillum has an oljiong gcrnicTi, bristled st\le, small .stigma ; 

 the pericarpium is a long legumen, seeds many. Tnis is an exotic, and two spe< 

 cies have been introduced, possessing no remarkable %-irtues, 



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1. VALENTINA. VALENTINE." 



Shrubby leaflets about nine ; stipules suborbiculate. 



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