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Both thefe plants grow pretty common by the fea-fide, in the parifh of St. Georg 



but I could never obi 



laft fort in any other part of the ifland. The root of 



other fpecies is a ftrong purgative. 



DOLICHOS 6. Herbace. 



preffa 



foliis line ah bus , Jilt qua polyfp 



Cats-Claws^ 



This little plant is frequent about Old-harbour : it grows among the bumes, but 



feldom itretches above three or four feet in length. The pods 

 preffed j and tkejiigma, or top of xhtjiyle, almoft naked 



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This pi 

 bitants of Mount ft 



fed as a purgative-ingredient in diet-drinks, by fome of the inha 



d is faid to anfwer well in hydropic cafes. 



DOLICHOS 7. Minimus fcetidus repens y filiculis bifpermibus 



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Dolichos leguminibu 



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ipreji 



ifpermibus, foliis rhombais, 



Phafeolus minimus foe tidus, &c. Slo, Cat. 71. & H. t. 115 



The fmall foetid Dolichos, 



This little weakly plant is frequent in the lower lands of Jamaica: it grows 

 chiefly among the butnes, and rifes by a very (lender branched item, furnimed with 

 a great number of fmall leaves, difpofed, three together, on every foot-ftalk : but 

 it feldom exceeds two or three feet in height. 



VIC I A 1. Minor herbacea, foliolis linear i bus fubtus hirfutis 



The fmall creeping herbaceous Vetch. 



This little plant is frequent about Old-harbour, and feldom runs above a foot, or 

 fixteen inches, in length. The pods are compreifed. 



VICIA 



Subi 



les 



minor afurgens, foribus geminatis per fpicas termi 



4n } Cororiilla Zeylonica tota argentia. Bur. Thez. Zey 



The more erecl: wild Vetch 



This p 



rows pretty erect, and 



uncommon on the brow of the hill 



juft above Mr. Elletfons, in Liguanea, The pods are compreiTed, and difpofed 

 looiely, by pairs, along the flowery extremities of the branches. 



VICIA 3. Caule ere&o, petiolis abfque cirrhis, JL. Sp. Plant 



Faba. Bau. £f omnium authorum. 





from 



Beans. 



This plant is fometimes cultivated in the mountains of New Liguanea j but does 

 thrive fo well as many of the other European vegetables, that are planted there 



PISUM 1. Stipulis inferne rotundatis, crenatis; petiolis teretibus, pedunculis 



multiforis. 



Pifum flipulis crenatis. 



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