282 The Ufeful Family Herbal, 
with Leaves. The Tree is as big and high as 
our Pear Trees. The Leaves are oblong and 
broad, of a fhining green Colour: They grow in 
Pairs, and they fiand on long Pedicles, The 
Flowers grow only at the Extremities of the 
Branches: They ftand a great many together, 
and are fmall. The Fruit which fucceeds, is 2 
Berry, green at firft, and afterwards becoming of 
a redifh Brown, and in the end black. They are 
when ripe, full of a pulpy Matter, furrounding 
the Seeds; but they are dried when unripe for 
our Ufe. . | 
_. The Fruit thus gathered and dried in the Sun, 
4s what we call Famaica Pepper, Piamenta, or 
Allfpice. It is an excellent Spice: It ftrengthens 
the Stomach, and is good againft the Cholic. 
The beft way to take it is in Powder, mixed with 
a little Sugar. It will prevent vomiting, and 
Sicknefs after Meals, and is one of ‘the belt 
known Remedies for habitual Cholics. 
GuINEA PEPPER. 
CA PSEC UM. 
A Common Plant in our Gardens, diftinguithed 
by its large Scarlet Pods. It grows a Foot 
and a half high. The Stalk is angulated, thick, 
and green, tolerably erect, and branched. 
Leaves ftand irregularly, and are longifh, pret- 
ty broad, and of a deep green Colour. - Aes 33 
Flowers are moderately large and white, witha 
yellow Head in the Middle: They grow at the 
_ Divifions of the Branches. The Fruit follows, 
and is an Inch and a half long, an Inch thick, and 
 biggeft at the Bafe, whence it grows fmaller to 
the Point: The Colour isa fine Red, and its Sur- 
face is fo fmooth, that it looks like polifhed Coral: 
I is a Skin containing a Quantity of Seeds. Hee 
