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ftand on long foot-ftalks at the extremities of the branches. The leaves are divided 

 into many narrow lobes ; and each of thefe is again varioufly cut into fmaller feg- 

 ments at the edges. ' The capfulae are moderately Luge, and grow yellow as they 

 ripen. The feeds are purgative, but fo very violent iji their operations that they 

 are now but rarely adminiftered ; tho' formerly, they were almcft the only medicines 

 of the purgative kind ufed among the Spaniards. 



IATROPHA 4. Foii is pahnatis pentadafrjlibus, 



r a dice 



ob/o 



came 



J'ubla.cled 





Iatropha foliis palmatis, lobis lanceolatis kvibus integ 



Ricinus miner viticis ob 1 11 fo folio y &c 



Mandihoca. Pif 1 14. 6c Yucca & C 



Slo. Cat. 41. & H. t. 85 



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3. &c 544 



The CaJJt 



Cajjada 



Cajjada, 



which formerly fupplied the greatefl part of the full 



f 



This plant. 



ti ve Indian* , 



very beneficial vegetable, which yields an agreeable wholefome food j and this, 



fed in moil parts of A< 



d generally confidered 



ith 



fy growth 



d 



rdy 



ds it 



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from a tough branched lignous root, 



whofe (lender collateral fib 



It {hoots 

 fweli into 



ofe fiefby conic maffes for which the plant \i 

 oody knotted ftalk, to the height of four, fiv 



thrives beft in a free mi 

 cultivated in the followin 

 The ground laid out fo 



foil, is 

 manner 



propagated 



vatedj and rifes by a (lender 

 fix feet, fometimes more. It 

 le bud or gem, and generally 



(hallow holes, of about ten or twelve inches fq 



f this plant is firft cleared, and ho wed up 



d feldom abo 



four inches in depth j but without order or regularity. When they intend to pi 



they provide a fufTi 

 of about fix or feven 



mber of full-grown ft 



d cut them into j 



nches length, 



as far as they find th 



gh and lignous 



and well furnifhed with prominent, well-grown, hardy buds: of thefe they lay 



y hoi 



: 



them over with mould, from the adjoining b 





but care muft be taken to keep the ground clean, until the plants rife to a fuffici 

 height to cover the mould and to prevent the growth of all weaker weeds. The pi 

 grows to perfection in about eight m 



but the roots will remain for a confi 



ble time, uninjured 

 fhould oblige the 1 

 cafion requ 



the ground 



g 



of the ftalks 



the want of pi 



T 



bulb 



or ftormy weath 



nd prepared for 



a are commonly dug up as 

 fe in the following 



firft well warned and fcraped, then rubbed to a pulpy fa 



they are put into ftrong linnen, or palmata bags, and placed in convenient preflts (a) 



manner, viz. Being 



on iron graters, 





until the juice is entirely exprefled : the ft 



1 



fun for fo 



pounded in larg 



then taken out and fpread 



run thro' coarfe fiev 



d 



afterwards baked on convenient irons. Thefe are 



when hot, beftreweJ with the fifted meal to whatever fize or thicknefs people plead 



placed over proper fires, and 



have the cakes made : this agglutinates as it heats, g 

 hen thoroughly baked, is a wholefome well- tailed bread 



a 



dually harder 



nd 



The juice of the root is fweetifb, but 

 frefh and in the putrid ftatej thoug 



fs of a deleterious nature both 



dly retains any thing of 



whil 

 by foi 

 up a 



it ferme 

 peopl 



ick v 



What is exprefled fi 

 and prepared for many a 



the / 



quality 



frequently preferved 



ufes : in the boiling it thro 



fcid fcum 



hich is 



ways 



thrown 



way 



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