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EXTRACTS 



FROM 



Dr WRIGHT'S HERBARIA 



[The following Extracts are taken from the herbaries prepared by 

 Dr Wright, during his residence in Jamaica. The whole work 

 extends to five volumes quarto, and from a notice in Dr Wright's 

 handwriting, dated Edinburgh, 1st June 1813, it appears to have 

 been carefully revised by him after his return to Great Britain. 

 Such articles have been extracted only as could be made intelli- 

 gible without the aid of engravings, or of the dried plants them- 

 selves, which have all been laid down by Dr Wright, with the 

 greatest care.] 



MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



1. Boerhaavia erecta, et diffusa. — Hog-weed of the Ameri- 

 cans. 



This plant is met with in newly cultivated grounds, 

 and is from one to two feet high. The leaves are few, and 

 of a dull green cast. The flowers are small, numerous, and 

 of a purple colour. 



A decoction of the leaves and stalks is used in diuretic 

 ptisans and glysters. The whole plant is given for food to 

 hogs. 



