PoMttox H OUt US XAfclAICEN'STs! 



the whole length, which likewise put out many slen ler t : ', ring it very thick' 



and tyushy : some of these a p e armed I i . : ' . 



shaped, about three-inches long and ha to a point at 



each end, ihej an of a light lucid-green, :rs cusie 



at the ends of the branches, snigly or three 0) four I igether; freqm 



largest terminates the branch, arid immediately under that are V smallc'i 



buds, which continue asu'ecession of flowers for some mon lis The is-very thick 



and fleshy, and oi a line red colour; the petals tfrecarfet. The fruit, accor ! 



l.inneus, iSa-pome, according to G<ertner* an inferior berry. There are several va- 

 rieties: the wild pomegranate, with single and double flowers ; the sweet pome 

 nate; the small flowering pomegranate, with single anddouble I ;a 



granate with striped flowers. The rind I : flowers are the p li eti ! 



for medicinal use : the) are both powerful astri i ! >ng been successfully 



employed as such both internally and externally in gargles, in diarrhoeas, fitc. The 

 dose in substance is from half a drachm te a drachm ; in infusion < tion to half 



enounce. Woodville. U an ; ingent, thorii I if the fruit, boiled in water, with 

 cinnamon; port- wine.and guava jelly to be added ; is recommended in Dancer's Me- 

 dical Assistant. A conserve may be made of the flowers or pulp with sugar. The rind 

 should be. dried after the heart is taken out; foi if dried without -scooping it always 

 tastes musty. Sloane says, that the leaves beaten with oil ofroses, applied to the head, 

 cores its aching ; that the powder of the fruit, dried in an oven, in a closed pot, cures 

 . fluxes ; and tliat'tbe rind, with galls, or instead of them, makes good ink. The pome- 

 .granate-tree thrives remarkably well m Jamaica; fruit have been found upon them 

 weighing a pound and a half. 



2. NANA. BWARF. 



F) ulicosa humilior, ramulis gracilibus pater.iibus. Browne, p. 239. 

 Leaves linear ; stem shrubby. 

 This seldom vises more than five or six feet high. The flowers are much smaller than 

 those of the common sort ; the leaves are shorter and narrower ; the fruit is not larger 

 than a nutmeg, and nas little flavour. It is an ornamental plant, as it continues flower- 

 ing great part of the year. Both these plants are propagated from layers. 



POMPION, CUCURBITA. 



Cl. 21, or. 10. Monoecia syngenesia, Nat. or. Cucurbit ace a. 

 -Gen. char. See Gourd, vol. 1, p. 332. 



PEPO. 



Leaves lobed ; fruits glassy. 



Stems thick, angular, extremely hispid, climbing by means of bifid tendrils, or 

 spreading to a great distance, so that a single plant, if properly encouraged, will over- 

 spread twenty roods of ground. Leaves cordate, large, roundish, angular, toothed, 

 wrinkled, hairy on both sides, on long, alternate, thick, flexuose, hirsute, petioles. 

 Flowers vellow, lateral, solitarv, on peduncles resembling the petioles, but shorter; 

 teeth of the calyx large, gshed, waved, reflex. Fruit roundish, ovate-globular, pale 

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