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the fyrup and deco&ion of the plant is now much ufed in the leeward parts of 



(land, 

 which th 



here 



freq 



fyrup of poppies and 



d is faid to anfvver, effectually, all the purpofes for 



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danum 



are 



Hy administered 



The flowers have been hitherto the moft in ufe: they are commonly infufed 

 pounded and mixed immediately with, wine or fpirits j and the compofition g 



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lly thought a very effeclu 



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All the fpecies mentioned here, grow in the different parts of the ifland j b 

 firft, fifth, tenth and eleventh, are moft commonly found in the lower lands, 



ward 



foot of 



mountains. The root of 



;, or to- 

 eleventh is much extolled 



by Hemandcs, who fay 



the fpl 



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 creates 



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the quantity of 



ppetite, provok 



difcharge by 



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body, and prevents the effect of poifons. The fecond and third are culti' 



he gardens for the fake of their fruit and divide : and the iixth, feventh, eigh 



d nintii, ace natives of the cooler woods, as well as the laft; and rife to a grea 



But the leaves of the tenth fort are only applied 



cools 

 vated 



height, than anv of the oth 



ftalk, by the 



bent of the foot-ftalks 



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Of fuch as have fix or more Filaments in every Flower, 



RISTOLOCHIA 1. Scandem, foliis cordato-acuminatis, forutn fabellis 



amplis purpureis, 

 Ariftolochia caule volutin, foliis cordato-oblongis plants, fruElu ptndulo % 



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Ariftolochia Jcandcm odoratijjima. Slo. Cat* 60. 6c H. t. 104. 

 Phetruome. Hern. 162. 





The Contra-Yerva of the fouth fide of yamaica. 



This plant is a climber, and rifes frequently to a confiderable height among the 



neighbouring trees and bufhes. The root has a flrong fmell, and is defervedly looked 



upon as a warm attenuant, and an a<5live diaphoretic and ftomachic: it is adminifter- 

 ed in infufions, and greatly ufed among the flaves in famaica. 



ARISTOLOCHIA 2. Scandens, foliis amplioribus cordatis; forum fabellis 



max i mis variegatis, in appendicem longam tenuemque 



defnentibus. 



The large climbing Birth- worth, with variegated flowers; 



or the 



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to 



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poifoned Hog-meat. 



This plant is very common in St. Anns, and bears very la 

 feldom under five or fix inches round the margin ; but the rima t or opening of the 

 flower, continues glewed up, longitudinally, for a confiderable timej and terminates 

 in a long flender appendix, at the lower extremity. 







ARISTOLOCHIA 3. Scandens, foliis fublobat is obtufs, foribus amplijfimiu 

 Ariftolochia foliis trilobis. L. Sp. PL 



The Contra-Yerva of the north fide. 



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The roots of this plant are ufed on the north fide of the ifland, where it is moft 

 nmon, in the fame manner as thofe of the firft fpecies are on the fouth fide. 



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PISTIA I. Aquatic a villofa, foliis obovatis ab imo Vtnofis, foribus fpar- 



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fis foliis incidentibus. 





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