MEDICINAL PLANTS OF JAMAICA. -— 221 



CO. Lantana camara. ) *»,.,,* 



> n ltd Sage. 

 aculkata. j ° 



involucrata. — Sea-side Sage. 



The first grows wild amongst the bushes, and is remarkable 

 for the beauty of its flowers, which are yellow, tinged with 

 red. 



The second has small white flowers, and dark-coloured 

 rough leaves ; it also grows wild. 



The third species is found near the sea. It is a low plant ; 

 has small ash-coloured leaves, and a most agreeable smell. 



The leaves of all these lantanas, and particularly of the sea- 

 side sage, are used by the black people in teas, for colds, 

 rheums, and weakness of the stomach. They are also used 

 with alum in gargles. 



61. Laurus Cinnamomum — Cinnamon Tree of Ceylon. 



This Noble plant, with other valuable ones, was taken in a 

 French ship, and Admiral Rodney, ever attentive to the pros- 

 perity of Jamaica, presented them to the assembly of that 

 island. 



One of the trees was planted in the botanic garden in St Tho- 

 mas in the East ; the other by Hinton East, Esq. in his noble 

 garden at the foot of the Blue Mountains. From these parent 

 trees some hundreds of young trees are already produced 

 from layers and cuttings, and dispersed to different parts of 

 the country, in all which it thrives luxuriantly, with little 

 trouble ; we may therefore hope it will soon be a valuable 

 addition to our commerce. 



The smallest bit of the bark is quite a cordial. The cin- 

 namon we have from Holland is often inert, and gives room 

 to suspect that it has been subjected to a slight process in dis- 

 tillation. 



