﻿258 THE NATURAL HISTOR 



LAVANDULA I. Incana, foliis lanceolatis interris, fpicis mid is. L. Sp. PL 



*» & H. C. 





Lavender. 



■ 





* » 10 



' This plant was introduced to Jamaica fome years ago, and has been fjnce culti- 

 vated in many parts of the ifland ; particularly in the mountains, where it is observed 

 to thrive extremely well. It is a grateful warm cephalic, and a principal ingre- 

 dient in a fpirituous tincture, and a compound water, now kept in the (hopsj 

 which take their common appellations from the plant. 



GLECOMA i. Repens y foliis reniformibm crenatis. L. Sp. PL &H. C. 





Ground- Ivy. 



>3V£t 



i n 





SIDERITIS i. Viminea, foliis minor i bus obovatis, pedimculis tr if oris ata 



ribus. 



f m 



The weakly All-heal. 



This curious plant is a native of the cooler mountains of Liguanea: it grow 

 among the bufhes, and fpreads its (lender weakly branches to a moderate diftance 

 ftretching feldom lefs than fix or feven feet from the root. All parts of the plan 

 have an agreeable aromatic fmell. 







MENTHA i. Supina, c auk rubenti j foliis oblongo-ovatis, dentato-ferratis\ 



Jpicis terminalibus. 

 Mentha foribus Jpicatis, foliis oblongis ferratis. L. H. Up. & Sp. PI. 



The herb Mint. 







This plant was, doubtlefs, firft introduced to Jamaica, from fome part of "Eu- 

 rope \ but it grows (o luxuriantly in the mountains, that it may be now confidered as 

 a native ; for it is found wild in many parts of the ifland, where nothing but chance, 

 or the birds, could have planted it. 



MENTHA 2. Floribus verticillatis, foliis ovatis obtufis fubcrenatis, caulibus 



fubteretibus repentibus. L. Sp. PL & H. C. 



Pennyroyal. 



This plant was alfo introduced to that ifland fome time ago ; and is now cultiva- 

 ted in many places in the mountains, where it thrives beft. Thefe plants are 

 agreeable warm ftomachics, and pretty muchufed, both, in the kitchens and the (hops. 



NEPETA i. Affurgens villofa ; foliis cordatis, acuminatis, crenatis; fpica 



era fa foliolata. 

 eta maxima, fore albo y &c. Slo. Cat. 65. 



The large villofe Nepeta. 



GALEOPSIS 1. Spica multiplki, tmui GT Ion 'gi 'or i ; foliis ovato-acuminath, 



ferratis. 



I 



■V* -- 



The 



• 



\ 



v 





This creeping plant grows now wild in the mountains of Liguanea, and in fome 

 other parts of the ifland, where it had been formerly planted : but it does not thrive 

 in many places; for it requires to be well (haded, and a loofe rich foil. It is a 

 mild aromatic, and a good vulnerary ; and is much recommended in the diforders 

 of the bread, and viicera. 













# 



