152 iioiTtus jamatcensis. 



CAKMKAI. 



long, black, jointed, and somewiiat luiiry. The roots are woody, ^^ itli mnny fibres 

 Tue decot tion of the roots is sjiid to bt? ;m atU'uiott^ to poisonous jilants. A handful of 

 tlie \v;ished roots I)eing boiled in watL'r t'coiii tluee f)iiits to rwo, ma}' be strained, sweet- 

 ened, and used for cauinion drink, at the rate of throe; c^uarts in twenty-four hours. ' 

 JVn\!fhf. ;i:^ 



Sec Cas.sia-Stick-Tree ^Horse Cassia Ringwoum Bus!i iSennaTrees St!nkin<*- 



Weed \Viu> Indkk). 



CANKER BERTIY. SOLANUM. 



Cl. 5, OR. 1. Pentamh'ia vionof^ynia. ' N.vr. cu. Liirida. 

 JjX. CHAK. See Ca\-Au-, branched, p. lU. 



BAKAMENSE. BAJlAXf,?. 



.Solamim bacciferuvi fruticositmf stipitibtts'et fdiis majt ribus^ spims 

 /erocioribus armotis. Sloane, v. 1, p. 38, t. li, f. 3. Erectuni^ 

 aule tetfti-aculeatissimn, Jhliisi)blongis ad biisiin ina-ijualitcr poi^ 

 reef is. Browne, p. 174. 



Stem prickly, shrnbby ; leaves lanceolate, repand, obtuse, beat back at the 

 edge ; racemes simjjle. 



This rises with shrubby stalks three or four feet high, dividing into several irregnlsr 

 l)rHnches, which have a grey bark, and are armed on every side with red, sharp, thick 

 net prickles, which are also on the backside of the middle rib of the leaves. The leaves 

 are an inch and a half long, and half an inch broad, smooth. Tlie flowers in long 

 bunches from the side of the stalk, upon long peduncles of a fine blue colour. The 

 berries are saffron coloured, the size of peas. They are bitterish, -and thought to be 

 serviceable in sore throats. 



"at Ve Calalu, branched Egg Plant NiGHTSHADEs-r^PoTATTOES ^Tomato JBerries 



^Turkey Berries. 



Capsicums See Guinea. Pepper. 



CARDINAL FLOWER. LOBELIA. 



Cl. 1^, OR. 6. Syrigeiiesia vwnoganiie. "Nat. or. Campanaceir. 



This is named in honour of Matthias de Lobel, a Flemish botanist, and physician to 

 King James L 



Gen. char. Calyx a one-!eafed perianth, five-cleft, very small ; growing round 

 the germ, withering ; toothleis nearly equal ; the two superior ones looking more 

 iipward ; corolla one-petalled, irregular ; tube cylindric ; border five-parted, di- 

 visions lanceolate, the two superior smaller ; the three inferior more spreading ; 

 stamens awl-shaped, connate above ; anthers connate into an oblong cylinder, 

 ga}-Mng five wuysiit the base ; pistil has a sharp pointed inferior germ ; style cy-. 



iiadiic. 



