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240. French Oak. — Bignonia, foHis ovatisy cordatis, fmplicibus, 



cauk ere£fo, arborea, &c. 



This beautiful tree is cultivated likewife for ornament by the 

 curious. It thrives luxuriantly in the lowlands, as well as in the 

 mountains, and is generally looked upon as a good timber-tree. 



241. Jerusalem Thorn. — Parkenfonia acukafa. 



This Is an ornamental, fhrubby tree, firft introduced here from 

 the Spanifii Main, for making in clofu res. It feldom grows to any 

 confiderable fize ; but it makes a beautiful appearance with its 

 flender filiques, and is cultivated in many gardens. 



242. PviNGWORM-BUSH. — Cqffia fiUquis quadrialatis, &c. 



This plant is now very common in mofl parts of the South-fide. 

 The flowers and juice of the leaves are compounded into an 

 unguent for deftroying ring- worms. 



243. Yellow Thistle. — Argemone Jpinofum. 



This grows in all the fandy favannah foils. The feeds are efteemed 

 an excellent remedy in diarrhoeas and bloody fluxes. They work 

 by ftool and vomit. But the faculty deem them rather too draflic. 

 The ftem contains a milky, glutinous juice, which turns in the 

 air to a fine bright yellow colour, and, when reduced to confiflence, 

 is not diftinguifhable from gamboge. In very fmall dofes, it is 

 probably of equal virtue given in dropfies, jaundice, and cutaneous 

 eruptions. 



Barham relates, that the feeds are a much ftronger narcotic than 

 opium, and gives the following hiflory of their efte*Els. A run- 

 away Negroe, who had been fome time abfent from his mafter, lived 

 by fkaling poultry, iheep, and other ftock. One night he came 

 to the fheep-fold, vvhicli was guarded only by a feeble old man, 

 and demanded a (heep. The old man, not being able to oppofe 

 him by force, had recourfe to flratagem, gave him good words, 

 and invited him to fmoak a pipe ; to which the other confenting, 

 he immediately flepped afide to fill the pipe, taking care to mix a 

 quantity of the feeds of this plant among the tobacco; and, before * 

 the thief had fmoaked it half out, he fell into a moft profound 



nap. 



