~ Solanum 
t1V Chili Nightfade tan ° ; 
Chenopodoides, acinis albefcentibus F. 724. ' ai 
fatives were ignorant of the Virtue of this Plant unti 
the Negroes came ‘amongft ‘them who were fubjett to a certain 
Difeafe which kill’d them in thcir Prime, it was an extraor-! 
dinary’ Extenfion of ‘the Anus attended with a: Fever, which 
was 6 mortal, that many of them dy’d before they difcover’d: 
this Remedy. They,juice ‘the’ tops of this Plant,: mixing it 
with Rofe-waterand a little Alum, which taken cures their 
Ail, {tops the Fever, and they become very well. ‘With this 
Juice they alfo bathe their Eyes, which’ takes away all Pains 
and Dimnefs in them. This. Sovereign. Plant’ grows about a 
Yard high, on the’ Mountains of Valparaifo,: &c. “ 
12. Oak-leaved Bitterfweet.y 1 cee) Tet 
Solanum foliis Quercinis.:F, 722. Its! Flower purple, found with 
the laft, and grows near 2 Yards high.) < 15 { 
zid (oT A BellL: Medicinal Chili: Plants. %> 
Fig. 1. (\Carlet:Avens or! Quellgou.. tye 
Caryophylata fol. alatis, fl. amplo coccineo F. 726. 
Its an Aperitive Herb, which the Natives make a Tea of :to 
keep their Badiesvin order Grows about half a Yard high 
ons the: fidessof Mountains, 
2. Purple Septfoil..:. ‘ 
Pentaphylloides» d/cee: minori folio, f. purp. F. 763. 
(Grows aboutia Foot’ high, with a purple Flower, on the 
Banks. ofthe River, Plata. 7 asits 
3. Panama Centaury. 
Centauriiem minus, purp. patulum F.:747.' 2 i 
~Whis Plant. is: very bitter.» ‘Phey’ make,a Tea. of. it which 
is Aperitive and Sudoriick; it fortifies the: Stomach, kills Worms, 
cures intermitting Fevers and) thé. Jaundice, it’s alo given with 
very,,good Succetscin Rheumatifinsy &c. i They:-take it as hot 
as-may be in. Bed,»covering!/themfelves clofe, to! provake, 
Sweat. N.B. The Hiftory of the Academy Royal des Sciences 
A.D. 1707. p. 65. 8°. gives great. Encomiums..to this. Plant, 
which they fay Has a fragrant Smell like Natural Balfam, \ and! 
is fo. great_a Sweetner of sthe Bloud, that it’s a. {pecifick..in 
Pleurvifies,-andtin-Fevers.they, ule it inftead of the Fefuits Barks 
Its found, plentifully about Panama and divers’ other Places, 
that| which growsion the Mountains is efteem’d the beff. 7 Ps: 
4.Upright.Purple Wood-forrel, 
Oxys.roleo flore erectior F..73360 0; y 
o/Dhey make, a Tifan-or Broath of this Herb, which is opening 
its, are tart, and; refrefhing, ; they abate Choler and cool the 
Heatof the Blood, : Grows on} the\ vaft Plains along the Rix 
rer Platansinrooros od -b'uodt 2 t ior gens ¢ 
264 Light or Purple ftriped Day-Lilly, 
Henierocallis flor. purpuratcentibus ftriatis F. 716... Grows, by 
River fides, 
17, Salfilla or Purple climing Lilly. . vd 
Hemerocallis {cancens, flor. purpuseis F. 713s 
The Natives ule the Root of this and attribute the fame Vir- 
tues to it as Sarfaparilla, they infufe ic all Night in cold 
Water, and drink it for Pains.in the Stomach allo, and find 
great Relief by it. 
«58. Tew or Chili Spiderworts yi v ft 
Bevmudiana cervlea; Phalangii samofi facie F..715. 
Giows on Mountains. 1 ti y 
9) ‘Yellow Star-leaved’ Salfa, 
Salfasfol<radiatis, floribus fubluteis B. 716. co.» 
The Author fays this Plant istvery well known in Europe for 
its Ufe in Veneréal Difeafes.. . : i 
1o, Nuil or Gland-fiag. 
Epipadis flor. uno, verfu dilpofitis F. 727. j Asi 
b les Flowers. allswhite... The ‘Natives drink’a. Tea of it in 
Stoppagerof. Urine proceeding-from the Gravel, it’s. alfo. good 
to.expel Wind.: Grows on Mountains and dry Places. 
11. White Gavilu with a yellow Lip. 
Epipadis fl. albo:¥. 7272 \ 4 ‘ ! 
Grows 3,Foot, high, in the-fame places with the laft, and 
hasctle like Virtues,» ; 
2 Man Piguicken with a greenifh, Flower. 
Epipadis fi. virelcente & variegato F. 727. 
ioGiows on thefidessof Mountains a Yard high. 
13. Gavile witha large yellow Flower. 
Epipadtis'amplo fore lureo F..729« : ; 
The Indian Women newly. laid in, mix the Juice of this 
Plant (with their-Broths to caule their, Milk to revurn, which 
it-does in’ plenty. arnt 46 Ly 
BABAIV.. Medicinal Chili Plants... 
-Ellow Hedge Hyffope. Gratiola fol. fubrot. nervofis fl. 
uteis F745. 7 q ze 
The: Jndians eat this Herb in their Seops to refrefh them, 
Grows.in moi/t Ground.and by. River fides. - s oe 
2. Bloody, ftreakr; Rampion. > ps) Yeditegih 
Rapuntii facie, fol. finuatis, flore ampliffimo fanguineo & ftriato 
Fig.t.9 
» 920. sacah yey *0} ; +1924 
Grows near Rivers and in moift places z Foot high. 
Jin) Water and. drank in the'Morning ‘proves:a ftron 
2 | 
3° Tupa or Chili Cardinal Flower. i t 
Refediene fpicatum foliis acutis F. 739. iY vi i 
} Its Flower sed.» Grows on Mountains The’ Root and Bark 
Yields a venemous Afilk, which will endanger the Eyesilike 
Spurge, the very Smell of the Flower caufes Vomiting, and the \ 
whole Plant is reckoned a violeiit:Poifon. t a 
40 Tall Chili Violet. i 
Viola arborefcens, Origani acuto folio F.738: : 
¢a of this is opening, its Flower blew.and. without Scent; 
Grows by River fides a Foot and an halfdighzius is Die 
3. Blew Chili Milkwort: -<.> >> 5.908 ik i 
Polygala’ cetulea, anguttis S:dettfioribus Foliis F: ares 
he Natives make a-cold Infufion of this “Herb ail Night + 
and eafes Pleuritick Pains. Grows on Mountains, 5 uke 
6. Chili Panke. sit ot ASR i 
Panke Anapodophylli folio F.-74rsisi: fa ee 
They eat the raw. Stalks peeled,» which’are of a fweetifh 
agreeable Tafte, they» alfo drink a Teaoftits Leaves,’ which 
very much refrefhes them in violent Heats. The Tannels boil 
tn Roots atte Bai ripe peas which very much thickens 
them, it alfo yields a blac ‘es Grows in ‘moi ay 
ces and by Rios fides. : ‘ rate) Cone 
7+ Chili Llau-panke. sf Luntato 
Llau-panke ampliffimo Sonchi folio Fy 74. i : 
They apply-the Juice of this Plant to eafe'the Pain and ftop 
the immoderate Flux of the Piles,they ufe alfo the Grounds of 
it Poultife-wile. The Dyers mix it in: their Compofitions to 
tain Black. Grows about 4. Yard highs! siolo By 
8. Pichua with Purflain. Leaves. A Le 
Tithymalus peretinis Portulaca folio: F. joel. 
The Inhabitants of Chili 8c. mix fome Drops: of the Milk 
of this Spuge in a large Glafs: of Water: or Broth, which 
moderately and kindly purges them, for which Caufe they 
call it the weak or Female. Pichia. Grows commonly on the 
Sea Coafts! in floney and dry Places. yet y 
9»: Veiny. ‘beart-leaved Spurge.> > is 
Tithymalus fol. trinerviis 8& cotdatis' F: 709, 
Grows with: the laft and-purgesJike it, 
to. Male Pichua Spurge: gate 
So caibd becaufe it, works’ more>violently béth upwards ard 
Pane wanste Ie difers from'the others, but) grows in the fame 
laces. wa Sth: if . 
11, Chili Oitiga. pitiont E 
Ortiga urens, Acanthii folio Fs 573 Ls asrt 
scares in Valleys abouta Cubit high. NB. OF this Species is 
the Frutex pungens & utens iDfaregh. Fig. ot ingt 
Palma Chrifit of Water 27. pe aan teh 5 the inging 
) at. Dyers Itin. 1 1 vill Beis . 
Peryclymenum fol. acutis, flor. profundé. diffe@is F, 760. Grows 
about 4 Yards high, with Scarlet\Flowers on the {ides of Moun 
tains, They ule the Chips of this Wood with the Roots of Panke 
at Fig..é. mixt with a black Earth call’d Robbo, thefe they 
boil in Water to a juft height;--with- which they dye" their 
Stuffs of a fine Black, which fades not like thofe of Europe. 
L 22> Pillabileum or Chill obpody. % 
‘olypodium sad. {quamofa F755. Filix Dadyloides pere 
Muf, Petiver sii Ray Vol: J n Jai ta “ legays 
A Tea. of this opens Obfrudions and the Natives drink of it; 
when their Stomachs are overcharged: - Found on the fide of2 
Mountain néar Pincho in Chili... It alfo glows abotit Mount Se- 
yvado on the Coaft of Africa, . 
13. Chili Guilno or Purging Oat-grafs: 
Gramen Bromoides Catharticum F.705. Tio! 3ns 
They make a Zea of its Roots which they drink hot’ in a 
Ragetts which: purges them 3 its Tafte like its eration 
little different from Sena, Grows in marfoy and wet Places: 
AB. V.. American Gum-trees and others very defirable: 
Fig. 12 Dellium. 1s faid to flow from the Trink of 2 
q Thorney Tree, caid Bdellia growing in Arabia and 
India, its Leaves are liketh¢ Oak, tlie Fivit-refembles a. 
Fig and of a pretty gogd Relih. The Gum of 4 bitterith 
Tafte and turns yellow upon the Tongue, the beft’comes in 
oval: Drops, is fragrant, xreddith and tran{parent; its ufed 
both externally and internally, being: aperitive , fudorifick, di- 
eftive and difcufive, it haftens Birth; provokes Yerms and tee 
hits Poifon. b 
2. Cancamum.. Refembles feveral forts of Gums or Roffis of 
different Colours clotted or fticking together, ‘it’s {aid to 
come from Arabia; Pomet fays it was brought him" from Ame- 
rica, 4: D..1686. by Dr. Brifot ‘of 4 different Colours clingin 
together, iffuing froma Yee of a moderate: height, Lemery 
fays it ftrengthens the Stomach and Bowels, kills Worms and 
opens Obftructions of the Spleen, &'c, , 
3+ Balfam Copaiba, by fomeColocai and by the Portuguefé 
Gamemolo.  Marcgrave {ays the Wood is very Yed) which they 
‘aw, into Boards for divers Ufes, its L. 491 5 Inches *lohg ang 
? Shas0 3 oval 
