BOOK III. CHAP. VIII. 829 



much greater length. The name given to it was founded on the 

 refcmblance it was fuppofed to bear to the club of Hercules. The 

 wood is very yellow. The blofibms have fome fimilitude to thofe 

 of the cajjiaffula ; after them follows the pod, in fhape and big- 

 nefs like a man's thumb. It is fird green, then red, and when ripe 

 turns quite black, containing three or four flat or comprelled feeds. 

 The frefh root, finely fcraped, and applied by way of a poultice, 

 will cleanfe the foulefl ulcers, and heal them. The bark is fome- 

 what aromatic. The wood of this, as well as the firft-mentioned, 

 are thought by many to be very proper for dying ; but iio experi- 

 ment (as I am informed) has as yet been made with them, 

 to determine how far they are valuable in this relpecl. They are 

 generally confidered here as timber-trees, and ufed as fuch ia 

 buildings. 



21 r. Shrubby Goat-Rue, with round, afh-coloured leaves. — Ga^ 

 lega frutlcojay nonfpimfa, fraxinl folio rotimdiore. 



This plant grows chiefly in the lowlands, near the Tea. It is 

 fuppofed, that the leaves would produce a dye not inferior to in- 

 digo; and, if this fhould be demonflrated by experiment, it feems 

 preferable for cultivation in many parts of the lowlands, as it may 

 be raifed, with little trouble, in dry and poor foils, where the in- 

 digo plant cannot be brought to thrive. 



It rifes to the height of fix or feven feet, the trunk of a dark afh 

 colour, and bears many long, cylindrical pods, full of feveral 

 oblong, oval feeds,- by which it might eafily be propagated. 



212. Fu STICK. — Morus, foliis oblong'is acuiis, lig?io chrino. 



This is one of the moil: valuable trees in the ifland, whether we 



conlider its ufe in dying, or the excellence of its timber; the latter 



quality, indeed, has proved fatal to fo many of them, that, un- 



'efs care is taken to propagate from the feed, it is likely to become 



"V^y fcarce. The fruit, in fize, colour, and flnape, refembles the 



■wh.Q mulberry ; it is in- perfeftion in March and April. It is 



lubaUij^ggj^j-^ cooling, and makes an excellent gargle for fore 



mouth^j^j throats. The afhes of the wood yltld a lalt, which, 



S^^^^^ '■^'"'e quantity of ten grains, with mithridate, for three or 



four. 



