194 The XJfeful Family Her hat 



In damp Places. They get it off the Wat^r Pipel 

 at the new River Head at J/iwgton, to fupply Co- 



vent -Garden M.a.rk.tt. 



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The St. Ignatius*s Bean. 



TABA SANCTI IGNATIL 



Plant common in the JVeJi- Indies, and very 



d a 



bein 



t> 



truly 



Gourd 



The 



Name Bean was given to the Seeds of this Plant 



before it was known ho 



and fome h 



continued it to the Plant 



produced 



k 



H 



when there is a Tree 



upport it, for 



and not firm 



fupnort itfelf. 



has 



a Man's Arm, angulated, light 

 The Leaves are very kr2:e, ob- 



long, and undivided, and they have the 

 ry high upon them : They are broad at 



d grow narrower to 



the Point, and are 



of a 



deep G 



The Flowers are very larg 



of a red Rofe 



Diftanc 

 The Fruit 



fh 



that a thin Skin 



has a woody 



and 



and of a deep blood Red 



have the Afpe6l 



large, and rounc 

 over 



Within there are 



are of the Bignefs of a fmall Nut 



fee them : They are roundiHi, and very rough up 



on the Surfac — ■ - 



■^J 



bright 



Twenty or Thirty Seeds 



ell, and 

 Ihining. 



they 



when 



when 



fled 



Each is of a woody Subftance, and 

 f the Flavour of Citron Seeds* 



but extremely bitter and naufeou 

 is of all Grey or brownilh 



The 



Thefe Seeds are what we uie in Med 



and 



call die St. Ignatius's Bean. 



It is 



Medic 



Vi 



be given with great Caution, but it has many 



Hand 



The moft powerful Remedies, when 



Povv dcr given into a fmall Doie 



m§ and. Purging, and often/ 



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