26 Memoranda of the Natural History, ^c, 



of a stick, being meshed, is used as a brush for cleansing 

 the teeth. 



A plant, called by the inhabitants Ipecacuanha, is said 

 to be a very efficacious emetic. Cattle eat, with impu- 

 nity, the leaves, at some seasons. 



For worms, in children, they take the fruit and leaves 

 of the Papaw, which are pounded and boiled in water, 

 and given to the child, as largely as its stomach will 

 bear. 



MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS. 



I observe, in your Medical and Physical Journal% 

 that Dr. Robertson has noticed a very singular and in- 

 variable change of colour, in the petals of our Cotton. 

 This is a curious fact ; and as, I believe, this change 

 never takes place in Hispaniola, I think it worth noticing. 



I have frequently dissected the flower of the Hayti- 

 cotton, in every stage of its growth, and can confidently 

 say, that in them no change took place : the petals were 

 of A arious colours, such as red, white, and yellow, be- 

 fore they disclosed from the calyx. I do not recollect 

 seeing flowers of different colours on the same tree. 



The inner husk of the Zea Mays is used, I was told, 

 for scouring or washing clothes. 



* Part i. vol. 2. pages 172, 175. 



