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phoretic ingredients, so as to give the mercury a tendency to- 

 wards the skin ; and a constant diet-drink of sarsaparilla, lig- 

 num-vita?, sassafras, and the like. 



TETIl ADYNAMIA S1L1CULOSA. 

 97- Lepibium virginicum, L. — Pepper Grass. 



Pepper-grass grows wild in most places of Jamaica. 



It is a very pretty plant, and its taste is nearly similar to 

 that of the garden-cress, for which it is often substituted in 

 sallads. 



TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 



98. Cleome triphylla, L. — Indian Cress. 



Indian cresses grow in lands lately hoed, or dug into cane- 

 holes. The plant is annual, herbaceous, and two feet in 

 height. The flowers are white, pods round, and two inches 

 long, having many seeds. The leaves are of a deep green 

 colour. They taste very like the garden-cress. 



MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 



99. Passifi.ora quadrangularis, L. — Granadilla. 



There are two kinds of passion-flower, or Granadilla vine, 

 cultivated in Jamaica ; the leaves are broad, shining, and 

 green ; the flowers are most beautifully variegated, blue and 

 white. One has a fruit as large as a water-melon ; that of the 

 other is much smaller, and the smaller sort is by far the best. 



Ripe granadillas have a pleasant acid taste, and are ranked 

 with our best fruits. In ardent fevers, these and other acid 

 fruits are extremely grateful and salutary. 



