282 The Ufeful Family HerhaL 



with Leaves. The Tree is as big and high as 

 our Pear Trees. The Leaves are oblong and 

 broad, of a fliining green Colour : They grow in 



Pairs, and they Hand 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 a 

 Berry, green at Erft, 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, 



Is what we call Jamaica Pepper, Piamenta, or 

 Allipice. It is an excellent Spice : It ftrengrhens 

 the Stomach, and is good againft the Cholic. 

 The bell 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 beft 

 known Remedies for habitual Cholics. 



Guinea Pepper. 

 CAPSICUM. 



A Common Plant in our Gardens, diflingulfhed 

 by ito large Scarlet Pods. It grows a Foot 

 and a half high. The Stalk is angulated, thick, 

 and green, tolerably ered:, and branched. The 



Leaves ftand irregularly, and are longifh, pret- 

 ty broad, and of a deep green Colour. The 

 Flowers are moderately Urge and white, with a 

 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 is a fine Red, and its Sur- 

 face is fo finooth, that it looks like poliihed Coral: 



It is a Skin containing ii Quantity of Seeds, . 



The 



