BOOK III. CHAP. VIII. 825. 



195. Canker-Berry. — Solanum ereStum, bacciferum, cauk tereti 



aciileatijjimo. 



The berries of this plant are bitterifli, and efleemed very fcr- 

 viceable in fore throats. 



196. Bastard Lignum-vit^. — Polygala. 3. Browne, p. 287. 



There are feveral fpecies of the polygala ; but I take this, which 

 was examined by Mr. Robinfon, to be the baftard lignum-vitt^e, found 

 in the Red Hills, near Spanifh Town, whofe feeds are impregnated 

 with a fine aromatic oil, endued probably with great medicinal 

 virtues: but it requires a further investigation. If it is what is here 

 fuppofed, the wood refembles the gum-guiac in tafte, and is applied 

 to the fame purpofes. 



197. Co WITCH, or CowHAGE. — Strlzolob'tum. 



Sir Hans Sloane tribes this fpecies among the phafeoli. Browne 

 mentions three fpecies ; the third of which is the tragia, with hairy 

 leaves, caufing a violent itching when handled. The two firfl are 

 well known, both in Great-Britain and America, for the like efFe£l 

 produced by the villous coat on their beans or pods. A fyrup, pre- 

 pared with this hairy covering, is very effedlual in deftroying 

 worms ; and a vinous infulion of the pods (twelve in a quart) is af- 

 firmed to be a powerful remedy in dropiies. The roots of all the 

 ipecies are an excellent aperient and diuretic ; and, boiled in oil, 

 they are faid to give relief (externally applied) in gouty inflamma- 

 tions, and the St. Anthony's fire. In worm-cafes, the cowitch is 

 fometimes adminiftered with melafles, and the clarified juice of 

 worm-grafs. 



198. BuLL-HoOF, or Dutchman's Laudanum. — Pafjiflora^fo- 

 Ills tenuiorlbusy trlnervlls, blconiibus, lufiafls,feu anterlorl obttifo. 



The fyrup and deco£lion of this plant are ufed inftead of, and 

 found to anfvver all the purpofes for which, fyrup of poppies and 

 liquid laudanum are ufnally adminiflered. The flowers are applied 

 to the fame intention, infufed in, or pounded and mixed imme- 

 diately with, wine or fpiiits j and this compofition is efleemed an 

 cfFeftual, eaiy narcotic. 



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