*A*8i EtORTUS JAMAICENSIS <6i 



V.W'GLO, or. OIL PLANT. SESAMUM. 



"f*L. 14, or 2. Didijnimia, angiosptrm'a. NaT. or. I.vridjr. 



Ci'N. :hir. <3Uys a one-leafed fne-narted perianth, erect, equal, very short, 

 permanent ; segments lanceolate, the nnpi r one shorter : corolla one-petaled, 

 bell-shaped; tube roundish, ainiosi the length of the calyx ; thront inflated, 

 spreading, bell-shaped, \er% lar^r, declined ; border five-cult; segments lour, 

 p. ituious, almost equal, and a fifth, which u the lowest, a little longer, ov^te, 

 etiuij^hr : sianun.s, tbnr filaments, sponging from the u 1 e, shorter than the co- 

 roils, a^cendinu, setaceous'-, the two inner shener ; wi'h the ru< inu nt of a f fth 

 f ment; anthers, oblong,- at ute, -erect ; the pistil lias an o\atc hirsute geini ; a 

 fi dorm st\ le, ascending, a it he longer than the si; nuns ; stigma Is in i olatt , two- 

 parted ; lamellae parallel; tin- pericarp is an (Jblorg capsule, olxureh four, 

 cornered, compressed, acuminate, four-celled ; suds very u.ain, t>ub-ovjttj 

 T*u aj't-iis's are cultivate-. J. Jamaica verj generally. 



I. MRIEVTAI.R. RASTEHN. 



f^n's omnibus ob.'cngis serrat s. Browne, p. C70, S. 2. 

 Ler.res ovate? oblong, entire. 

 Stem erect, rutin. 1, b irv, with few branches placed below ; leaves petioled, veined, 

 kavin.r small ti irs scattered over them F owers axil ary, solitary, on a \er\ short pe- 

 d i u.le, at toe base ot which are two short lint ar liracti s, ami within t ach a yellow per- 

 forated gland ; calyx gaping, siin.nst equal ; corolla cbsi ureiy five- loLed, blunt, the 

 lo ver lobe more produced and rounded: stsmensfoiir, two above the others, and be- 

 t.ve -n the latter the castrate I rudiment of a film filament ; capsule oblong, acuminate. 

 Toon ted-quadrang-tiLar, with a groove on each side, four-celled, two-valvcd ; p; rtition 

 double ; one thicker, soli I, from the dorsal groove of the valves ; the other thinner bi- 

 lt.*iellate,f ir ned from the margins of the ai\es bent in ; seeds ovate-acuminate, com- 

 pressed -adit t+e, smooth, whitish, naiked on one side with a slender longitudinal -streak- 

 fasten'- I aion^; tiie < entrai angle of the cells Lintteus an*. Crai titty This is a native 

 #f tbe'East ndies, and lately Brought to J iniaica, under tlie name of 2c3< pa y, thought 

 Ur.Hvne'ii.rtices t as common in the island in his time, and it m y be doubted i\heinex 

 it is not really in. iiyreious, he says it was cultivated in Carolina with great success, 

 Irhere it was comput -d that nine pounds of the seed yielded up war s if t >u poun Is of 

 eat oil. wuic.h grew more mellow mid agreeable from age, and continued without any 

 ran id smell, or taste, for many years In two years it becomes so null, thai, when the 

 w ir n taste o! tne seed is worn off, it is used as a ^alad oi , and for all purposes ol sweet 

 oil It is frequently cintivated in the" Levant' and Africa asa.pulse,'>.anu the negroes 

 p ,r.'h the seeds >v r tin fire, mix tnem with w iter, a 1 1 stew other ingredients wiih 

 them. A puu ling is made with them, in ibe same manner as witu mith t or o e. In 

 Japan an.l ('nun r.iey use the oil for frving fisn a i I dressing other dishes ; as a varnish ; 

 an 1 medicinally as a rtesolveiit an 1 emolhedt T.ie --eeds ar frequently used in broths, 

 a i i nil in > cakes. -Y I -co tion <>t the lea*es and '>ud\ i> lo kcd upon as a good re- 

 soltutve, an I freqm ntiy or It re J in inflammations .->. ihe eyes, w here warm fonu n tat ions 

 become requisite;. Tue leaves ire of a very uuciiaginous nature, as wed as the s # s, 

 a i I toe e n ilsi 1 1 of b ith have een r conim -n led as excellent remedies in dysenu ry. 

 Lo.ij obocrv^'j tua.c tilts jjiuiit require* a rich varuj sot;, aa4 iuat i^w pla.jia deserve t 



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