W33*;ya nORTOS J A MAI F.N <?I ffc M 



more simple, with five or six craw led p idan.cles, which are'one-flowered, flowers ex. 

 fernery minute, yellow-; bractes petioleJ, roundish, r under each pedicel ; calyx 

 ne-!eaved. the laci lia lateral, orate* alien u ited it the b<i .e, fastened t > in ; g< rm at b&tt 

 torn ; corolla a single petal, within the lacinia of die calyx, and only half the size of it, 

 !;.uT<ii, uvat % pbtuse, convex, attenuated at the base, deciduous. Germ obii piely fas- 

 tened to the pedis el, roun iiJi, hirsute, style subulate, erecl ; stigma trifi I, spreadi i 5 ; tha 

 fruit is a roundish, compressed; sc rlet, drupe? containing a single nut, orveryhar.l 

 Feed, compressed, triply echinafe-wrinkied at tiie edge, two-o lied ; cotyledons ovate. 

 In mountain coppices it is smooth, witn cordate-entire leaves, hoary underneath. la 

 champaign < a. ere ms situatious it is hirsute, with cordate- roundish em .reunite leaves, 

 which trp tomentose Swart* The leaf of tne plant applied whole or hruiced t< ;\ 

 H.imei cur s it effectually, and is also a remedy against poisoned b.tes. Sloane. 1 he 

 deeoi:tion of the root is looked upou ts an excellent diuretic, infrequent use am >ug 

 the negroes for obstructions in the urinarv passages It thrives best ip a rich' shady 

 so;!, and is easily propagated. Bxowne. Tne roots are black, stringy, an I a> thick aa 

 jarsaparilla, running superficially under the surface of the ground ; tiiey.aee-agr eal v T 

 aromatic and bitter, and have been recommended in nephritic disorders, in-ulcers f 

 the kidneys and bladder, in humoral asthmas, and in some species of jaundice A ae. 

 cocti m of them is u. e. I for pains and weakness of the stomach. Wripht. 



Tltis is a convoivulus'plain. I. grows in great plenty amongst ebonies r climbing 

 about chetn. Its l< aves are as soft as any velvet, which makes the planters c ill it ve v t- 

 Jeaf ; they are about the bigness of an English crown piece, rounding like the </yc/.-j. 

 httca, &,. of a yellowish-green colour, h is a ino^t excellent a itid ite a^ insi poison, 

 inwardlv taken or outwardly applied ; I have seen it heal a wound to admiration, by 

 just laving one of the leaves upon the vvotin I : it cures ulcer, in the luu^s. 1 knew a 

 physician perform great cures on consumptive persons, who told me mat Ins re lie ly 

 was only a srrup made of tiie leaves and root of this plant, tar >>Uien uc iidd a pistole a 

 kottle. Baihavi, p. 20. 



2. CAAPEBA. 



Leaves petioled at the base, entire. 

 This has round, heart-shaped, leaves, extremely woolly, and soft to the touch, their 

 footstaiks placsd at the base between the two ears ; the flowers in bunches from tiie 

 tide of the sulks. Every part is covered with a soit woolly down. 



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No English Name. VERBESINA. 



Cl. 19, or. 2. Syngenesia poly gnmia super /?'< a. Nat. or. Comnnslf/e, 

 Gf^. char Common calyx concave, in a double row ; compound corolla radi* 

 ate; florets of the ray about five ; pericarp none, calyx unchanged; pappus*- 

 fcwtiCU ; receptacle cuany. Four species are natives of Jamaica. 



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