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RUELLIA 2. Eretfa, afphodeli radice, pedunculis tripartitis alaribus. 

 Ruellia Joliis fefilibus } pedunculis trijloris. L. H. C. 

 GentianelJa fore Caruleo integro, &c. Slo. Cat. 52. & H. t, 95. 

 Rueliia foliis petiolatis, pedunculis longis jubdivifs nudis. L. H. Up. Sp. PI. 



Menow-weed, Spirit-weed 



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and Snap-Dragon. 



This plant is very common in moft parts of Jamaica, and rifes generally to the 

 height of twelve or fixtcen inches, feldom more. It is remarkable for its oblong 

 flefhy roots; which are frequently ufed in fevers, among the negroes. Thefe, when 

 frem, have a little pungency, which foon waftes upon the palate; but, when dry, 



they are quite infipid. 



RUELLIA 3. Capfulis crafiori bus, foliis oblongis vix petiolatis, fortius foli- 



tarus vel gemmatis fubjefilibus ad alas. 



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Rue/lia, with a th 



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capfule 



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Sixteen-mile- walk 



it is 



fmallefl 



of all the forts that grow in Jamaica, and feldom rifes above nine or ten inche 



heigh 



CAPRARIA I. ErecJa tamo/a, foliis alternis ad apicem frratis, foribus 



fingular 1 bus alaribus, pedunculis tenuifimis. 

 Capraria foliis alternis torollis quinquefdis, L. Sp. PI. & H. C. 

 jtn> Chichival. Hern. 172 ? 



The fhrubby Capraria, or Goat-weed. 



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This plant is very common in Jamaica ; it grows about mod houfes in the lower 

 Savannas, and thrives very luxuriantly every where : but it feldom rifes above 

 three feet and a half in height, tho' it divides into a great number of (lender fub- 

 erect branches. The leaves are narrow at the bottom, and Hand on very (hort 

 foot-flalks; and the peduncles of the flowers are very (lender. 



If this be the Chichival of Hern, that author recommends it as an admirable 



febrifuge. 



LANTANA 1. Erefta minor fubaffurgens, foliis verticillato-ternatis, pe- 

 dunculis longis, Jpicis ovatis. 

 Lantana foliis ternis, fpicis oblongis imbricatis. L. Sp. PI. 



The Lantana^ with verticillated leaves. 



LANTANA 2. Frutefcens, foliis cor -da to- ovatis, for all bus linearibus; foribus 



croceis, pedunculis longis. 



Lantana foliis oppoftis, caule incrmi ramofo, foribus capitulo umbellatis. L. 



Sp. PI. 

 Camara. Pifo. pag. 177. 



Periclimenum reef urn ur tic a folio hirfuto majore, Sec. Slo. Cat. 167. 6c H. 



95 



Wild Sag 



LANTANA 3. Frute/cens, foliis cordato-ovatis, for alibus orbicularis -, for ibi. 



fubcameis. 



Periclimenum retJum Jalvia folio fore albo, &c. Slo. Cat. 163. & H. : 



Wild Sage, with white flowers. 



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LANTANA 



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