* ifn* IIOHTUS J A M .\ I C E N S I S. ft 



julus, oxb'gula, lifceihose ef, 'ossum, ac some of thf loi ; peppers, of a sweet 



II. aad harp to the taste like them, and withal some\ ... pLini 



l-i"! smells very gratefully: It i- 1/ it in the fourth degree, and dry i i third lc 

 strengthens the heart, heats till jives a sweet 1jt< 



. and thick humours; resists poison, the iliac passion, and cholic ; i ; he! the 



tmnenja or mouses in women, helps birth, expels the dead child, opens obstructions, 

 atfll cures pains from cold; it takes away the cold lit of an ague." 



5. V!. !H.. II. LATUM. VEHTICILtATED. 



Saunirus 8. Erettus minor jfoliis orb ailatis vertkiHatis lumentibus, 

 cisterminalihis. Browne, p. 204. 



'Leaves' in whorls, four together, elliptic, blunt, three-nerved. 

 Browne calls it the smaller erect saut'urus, with rtoun I vi rtii Hated leaves. l\ 

 upright, about a finger's length, tender; leaves-threes four, or five, together*, suc- 

 culent, quite entire, petioled; spikes simple, several times longer than the lekves. 



6. MAcuoravi.t.u.v!. 



Fruteseens mwus,-/6liis ainpHombus nitidis ox/atis ad basem mi nva'.i-er 

 eti ilongiori equali. Browne, p. 122. 



Leaves elliptic-ovate, acuminate,- smooth, unequal at the base, veined; pe- 

 tioles appendicied ; spikes axillary, solitary. 



This is a large shrub, two fathoms in height ; stem round, striated; brandies almost 

 erect, smooth; leaves "alternate, large, bluntly acuminate, oblique at the base, bavin;; 

 ten or twelve nerves transversely oblique, quite entire. Petioles -short, broadish, 

 channelled, membranaceous with a leafy margin, appendicled at the base of tli'e leaf; 

 spikes pedicelied, long, erect, opposite to the leaves ; flowers very close, not distinct. 

 Filaments four to six, very short, or else the anthers sessile, twin, round the germ; 

 styles none ; stigmas three, sessile. The stem and branches are le^s brittle than in the 

 other species, it grows in shady places, on rocky or gravelly hills. 



7. VERRUCOSUS. WARTED. 



Piper longum arboreum folds Ifttissimis. Sloane, v. I,, p. 135, t, 

 88, f. i. 



Arborescent, leaves oblong-acuminate, obliquely many-nerved, veined, smooth; 

 coriaceous ; stem and branches warted. 



This is a tree, the trunk of which is from fifteen to twenty feet in heighth, upright, 

 with the bark much waited ; brandies simple, terminating, leafy, round, with white 

 warts; leaves ovate, acuminate, blunt, alternate, veined, the margin rolled in; the 

 ' largest from one to two feet in length ; petioles short, channelled, with the margins at 

 the base of the leaf membranaceous, waited. Spikes pedicelied, half a foot long, op- 

 posite to the leaf, upright ; flowers in a spiral, the males and females in a manner dis- 

 tinct; germs between the upper and lower circuit of stamens; anthers two, Ovate, 

 placed obliquely ; stigmas three* sessile* It is known by its habit, its warted stem and 

 branches, and its large coriaceous leaves. Native of Jamaica, on calcareous rocks- ia 

 tke interior. Sw. 



i. QUADRIFOLIUM, 



