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This plant grows very common and luxuriant in ail the dry fandy banks of 

 the larger river-courfesj where the mould is warned away by the floods, and 



nothing left but gravel mixed with ftiff clay. It is a powerful vulnerary and re 

 folutivej and frequently ufed in warm baths and fomentations of that nature, 

 The juice of the leaves, mixed with honey, is recommended in exulcerations of 

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PARTHENIUM i. Subbirfutum ramofum, foliis multipliciter inctfis^ fort- 

 bus terminalibus. 

 Parthenium foliis compofito-multifidis. L. Sp. PI. & H.C. 

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Wild Wormwood. 



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This plant grows wild in moft of the open fields round the ifland ; and 



thrives very luxuriantly about all the fettlements in the low lands,. It is obferved to 



have much the iame qualities with the Feverfew j and may be ufed, like that, in re- 

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AMARANTHUS 1. Aculeatus rufrfcens, foribus confertis fcffilibus, capitulis 



alaribus. 





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Amaranthus, racemis pentandris cylindricis erec7is t axil/is fpinofs. 



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The prickly Calaloo* 



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This plant is frequent in the mountains, as well as the lower hills of Jamaica ; 

 and much ufed as a green, when the more valuable forts are fcarce. It is reckoned 

 both a wholefome and an agreeable vegetable. 





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AMARANTHUS 2. Coma terminal* varia, mon/Irofa & jimbriata. 



. r The Cock's-conib. 





This plant grows now in mod parts of Jamaica ; and thrives fo luxuriantly 

 every where, that it may be confidered as native. It makes a beautiful appearance 

 mong the other flowering-plants cultivated in our gardens, and is often raifed for 



that purpofe in all parts of America, 









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r~~7 IZANI A i. Panicula effufa. L. Sp. PI. 



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This plant is common in all the lagoons of Jamaica: the joints of the ftalk 



fborter than thofe of the common fort> and fwell a little on one fide 



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ZIZANIA? 2. Sy he/Iris, ajfurgens, tenuis & 



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An, Zizania panicula racemofa. L. Sp. PI. 



The branched {lender Zizania* with a loofe panicle 





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