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fpike or nard. It is an annual, and in greateft peifedion about 

 Chriftmas, foon after which none of it is to be feen. 



It is a powerful provoker of urine, and diflblvent of the flone. 

 Barham mentions an extraordinary cafe of a patient of his, wi;o 

 was relieved under the lall; mentioned diforder, by drinking a flier- 

 bet, in which a little fpirit of vitriol, and an oily fpirit extracted 

 from this plant, were infufed ; which produced a large evacuation 

 of gravel and ftones, *' as many (he fays) as would fill the hollow 

 " of the hand ;" the confequence of which was, a perfcdl ex- 

 emption from the like complaint ever after. 



In urinary obflructions it is a certain fpecific, and is fometimcs 

 adminillered to drive out the fmall-pox. 



It is one of the mofl: grateful cephalics and alexipharmics of this 

 claf'^, and may be ufed in mofl diforders of the nerves and bowels, 

 where fuch warm medicines are required. 



180. Wild Rosemary. — Croion Ric'mo qffinis, odorifera, fruticofa. 



181. Wild Tansey. — Ainbrofia ereBa, raniofa. 



182. Wild Wormwood. — Parthenium fubhirfutum, ramofum. 



183. Jamaica Rues. — Riua murarice. 



Thefe feveral plants and their varieties pofTefs the feveral virtues 

 and properties in medicinal ufe, fuch as baths and fomentations, 

 that are remarked in European plants of fimilar denomination ; ex- 

 cept that the rofemary of this ifland is more aromatic and odo- 

 riferous. 



{^^r r) { Afckp'iai 2. Br. p. 18:?. with a faffron- 



WiLD or Bastard! -^ \ , ^1 -^ -n 

 , ^ -j coloured or white flower. 



I Apocynum ereBumfolio oblovgo SI. Cat. 89. 

 f (Jfckpias 3. Br. p. i8j\ uith a 



o J Lesser bastard climb- I flender fbalk. 

 ■^* 'j ING Ipecacuanha. ^Apocymim fnitlcofiim fcandens. Si. 



L L Cat. 89. 



The roots of thefe two forts were formerly remitted to Europe 

 for the true ipecacuanlia ; but they are attended with bad efFeds 

 on the bowels, adminillered too liberally. The roots are of a dark 

 brown colour, or rather yellowifli caft ; tlie fillures, wrinkles, or 

 corrugations, few ; the back fmooth. 



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