11^ HORTUS JAMAiCKNSTS. XJWCRM'F.i!*^ 



maica pknts, radirfruticosa s:lijcirrhlz'B siviili.t corticejiisco, Kc. nnd indoed the rocyf- 

 to the sight much ivscnnbles Etigiish.Hquorice, but of a.hitterish ta.ste. It hath leaves . 

 like the dogwooJ tree, but is a small shrub, hardly able to support itself, and generally 

 joins to another plant, althoup,h it doth notclimh abioiit it ; it hath a short pod, H^i'icli 

 \vhen ripe is very black and full of sweet pulp, like cassia Jisfula. 



The negroes cleanse tboir teeth \('lth this root , aniithcy also prind it with water .like 

 a paste, and plaster their bodies all over with it in most feverish heats, head-aches, ;.ncl 

 cholics ; and have snch an opiidon of it, thst if they fuvi not a present relief by it^ tiiey 

 (live themselves over. A certain gentleman reconuTiended ic to me as an excellent re- 

 medy in the dry belly-ache ; and f happening to have a servant seized wiih it, to that 

 degree as thre^v him into convulsion fits, I thought fit to make use of it, bv decoctinjj 

 the rojt, and g-ing him about lialf apint at a time, warm, three or four times a day ; 

 which first eased him of all his pains, afterwards wrought jjeutly downwards, and, iD 

 tln-ee or four days, he said he thought himself as well as ever he was in his 4ife, anc4 s& 

 coiitinued.: i>aj7i/;/, jj. 9. 



Cue S!ee OLDENLANmA.^. 



CHERIMOYA. . ANNONA. 



Cl. 13, OR. 7. Polyandria poli/gpiia. . Kat. oa. Coadunat^. 

 Gen. CHAR. i'ee Alligator Apple, p. \\. 



TRIPETALA. THREE-TF-TALED. 



Leaves ovate, acute, pubescent beneath ; Howers three-petaied ; petals Iance-= 

 olate, coriaceous, tonientose. 



This is a native of South America, and was introduced by Mr. East. It grows to a 

 "^erv large branchv tree. Leaves bright green, and longer than any other species of 

 this" genus. The fruit is. oblong, ^caly on tiie outside, and of a dark purple colour when 

 ripe ; the flesh is soft and sweet,, having many brown seeds intermixed with it, which- 

 are very smooth and shining. It is esteemed a delicate fruit. 



See Alligator Applf, Custard Apple Sour and Sweet Sops and Nutmecij;, 



AMERICANi 



Cherry, Bird fe West Inrl^ Laurel. 

 CiiERRY, CowHAGE See Barbadoes Cherry. . 



CHICKWEED. HOLOSTEUM. 



Cl. 3, OR. 3. Triandria trigpua. . Nat. or. CarryopTiyUei. 



^iEN. char. Calyx a five-leaved perianth, leaflets ovate,, permanent ; corolla five-- 

 petaled, petals two-parted, blunt, equal ; stamens are three filaments, shorter 

 than the corolla, with roundish anthers ; the |)istil has a roundish trilobous germ^ 

 Styles 4liiee, fiiifoaiv stigmas Uimtish ^ the pericarp ii a oiie-celled capsule, 



sub-cyliadric' 



