1S2 HORTUS JAMATCENSIS. io.gks 



fully (loth in tlicse cases as well as in oiliers, such as -gouts, tertians, beefcrc.s, rcii- 

 suniptioiis, &'t. and tlien, to coixiplcte the cure and strenythea the sncrniatic vesst:ls, 

 let thenj take hog-giin in pills tor some time. 



f am very well assured, tiiat this West India china-root is in every respect as effica- 

 cious and as valuable as that from the East Indies ; but the great diihcultv is how. ta 

 preserve it froui tlic worms ; for, in a month <jr two, it will be lji)red, ad ail ilie fariua. 

 or mealy part scooped out, by a large white maggot with a red liead, tiiat-breeds in it. 

 I have tried several ways to prevent it ; tiie only way was, to tnm it well of all its soft 

 knobs, and then to bury it in white-iiine ; or in the following uiunner : Make a brine 

 with salt and water, strong enough to bear an egg ; then put in a fourth part of cham- 

 ber-lye, and a reasonable quantity of quick-lime, which mix, and boil togetiier about 

 traif m hour ; then take it ofl", and put china-root into ttie liquor ; let it remain there 

 tmtii it be thoroughly sTalded or parboiled ; then take it out,, and dry it in the iiot sun, 

 and then nu woruis will take it ; antl if^ little cA' the red coloui- comes out of the root it 

 is never th.- worse foi sale (so that you can bt keep iSie worm from it), for the palest 

 china-root is now become tiie most valuable. Burkam, p. 40^ 198. 



The root has a reddish brown skin, and is more mealy than fil)rons. It should b^. 

 chosen full, heavy, and compact, and free from rottenness. A strong decoction of it 

 is an admirable astringent batii for sores, when the inflammation is removed. If it is 

 found to have a tendency to irritate the sore, a handful of oil nut leaves may be added; 

 to tiie decoction. 



2. LACRIFOi;rA. EAY-LEAVItD. 



.jisperoy foliis trineniis oblongis, petiolis biclaviculatis. Browne. 

 Stem pricli.!)', round ; leaves unarmed, ovate-la.nceolate, three-nerved. 



Browne calls this the pn'c/cli/ stnilax, with slender wots, and says it is pretty like tlia 

 foregoing, but the roots are small, and divided into a number of slender branches. 



Sec Sarsaparilla. 



'Chinese EosE fe Changeable Rosfu 



ClUVES See EsCRAhOT. 



CHO-CHO. -ISECHIUM, 



Gl. 21, OR. 9, Monoecia syngenesia. Nat. or. Euphorkice. 



This is supposed to be derived from a Greek word, signifying to fatten, as the fruit 

 is used to fatten hogs. 



"Gen. Char. Tiie calyx of the male flower is one-leafed, half five- cleft, {frequently 

 six or seven clefts), spreading, segmeats of the border lanceolate, hat, acumi- 

 jiate : the corolla is one-petaled, tube the size and figure of the calyx, and fas- 

 tened to it; border five-cleft, (often six or seven clefts), segments triangular, 

 flat, acute, more than double tiie length of the calyx, spreading : tlie nectary tea 

 hollows, two at tlie foot of each segment of the corolla ; the stamens are five fila- 

 fljeutsj coi^ecied iato au upright cj-iiiider, five-clelt at top, spreading very much ; 



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