-.jj^lsLSTdt HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. bOJ 



^loujng taste, sinking as it uere into the tongue, and followed bv a sensition of cold- 

 l:tss. Its i-tciniachu', antispasnjodio, and caraiii:ative, qualiiies, render it useful in 

 Isacuient colics, liVhtt-rical aH'ections, retchinijs, and otht r iy.s|jrptic syniptonis, acting 

 t; a cordial, and often iffor.lnig immediate relief. "I he officiual preparations are an 

 ts,-,t'iitial oil, a sinijne water, and a spine. 'I'lie essence of pepper-niint is an elegant 

 riiedicine. 



3. PUI-EGIDM, PENNY-ROYAL. 



Flowers in whorls ; leaves ovate-lilunt, sub-cxenute ; stems roundish, creeping j 

 sLiUiens longer than tlie coro.ia. 



Penny-ro.al has a pale purple flower. It has a warm pungent flavour, and possesses 

 tbe same geneiai virtues as mint, and may be used lor the tame purposes, but mint i& 

 Uiorc elleciual. 



Mint, CArSec C.^T-IVtoT. 



MISTLETOE. YISCUM. 



Cl. 22, OK. 4.--l)inec'a tefrandria. Nat. or. Aggregatce. 



Cen. ciiar. Male calyx a four-parted perianth ; leaflets ovate, equal ; no corolla; 

 siamens four, filaments none, anthers oMoiig, acunniiate, one growing to each 

 caivx leaf. FvUiale toniiiioiiiV opposite to tiie male c.ilyx a four-leaved peri- 

 antn ; leaflets ovate, small, sessile, deciduous, placed on the germ ; no corolla ; 

 the pistil has an oblong germ, three-cornered, indistinctly crowned with a four- 

 ciett niargni. inferior; no style; stigma obtus3, sci rcelv emarginate ; the peri- 

 carp a gioUnlar lierry, one-celled, even ; seed one, cordate, compressed, obtuseg 

 iieshy. Three species are natives of Jamaica. 



1. VERTICILL/^TUM. VF.RTICII.I.ATED. 



Vucmn. Sloane, v. 2, p. 92. Parasituum, ramidis verttct'Haiis, 

 ji t.oits ob-ovatis trineivns, baccis trkkniaiis. Browne, p. 3G. 



Stem whorled ; leaves ovate, three-nerved, blunt. 



This well known plant grows on all sorts of trees, and is very frequent in .Tan-,aica. - 

 ^t resembles in every respect the nnsletoe of the English oak ; and is used in .lainaica 

 tr the same |)urposes, but Browne tays he never knew it have any remarkable effect. 

 Itiat must esteemed is gathered from sweet- wood. >l<)ane speaks of it as good in 

 Bsitiinns ; and the bruised berries, strained with oil and drank, cures stitches. Mr. 

 /.niliony Hobuison mention^ a boy afilioieJ with epilepsy, to whom he ordered a cup- 

 fiul of the decoction of the misletoe tuo or three times a day, by which he vi'as entirely 

 curod in less than a week, uittiout taking any other medicine. From the branches and 

 unri|)e berries a g.io.l bjrd-linie is obtained ; fjr tais pu'-nose the berries are boi.eJ 

 until ttiey break, and tiicn beaten and washed in wa;er, anxttae bran taken away. 



Misletoes. The very same sort that grows in England upon oaks, pear-trees, and 

 (Some I tiiers, grows in Ani' rica upon dogwood, which is as hard as the English o;tV, 

 aad of uie same ^ixvutt. It is good against the falling sickness, is accounted a specific 



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