LAKACJ 



a i ircouc, , 



tu,. .„,„„„,. | n Brazil it 



applied either in poultices or 1 



!' : " tic-, it will b, ■ufficientl 



luu,!,,,,,!!,. v ■.,. 



and alexipharmic. The 



tun illinium. -. 



The tonics are comparatively few. Tl Q 



that a u not the gemun, J, 



...... that „ ,.„„«„,.., .,.,,, 



M .1, of. vegetable bitter, and a numl 

 Oestrum Hediunda, amcuktum, lanrifoliu 

 Martus thmks .hat the I 



• ,«« ... t „,„• hark Several a, 



Nicandra physa S anum mamm 



»trum,suchaseuantl 



,u " 1 ; rho latter ^generally at the same th „ 



, " l '. l, ' ;,, 7"-""""' U: "" ' retold 



oinpe fruits are mud, employed by the Brasilia, 



"23" \ M 7" "V 1 *»* th. flowers and lea, 



T1 '" afined to die fruit of the g 



mm,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, mtiie tropica Thefru 



Tto^lmovmcondmientcaJledCay. 



aeeda. J " |employed in medicine, in combmation wiU. i 



letlumc affections, and also matomc gout, dy S | 



' ,: "| mN| ' : ";' 1 -- 1 ^ 1 -- Its most valuable apphcation. 

 .iK.lii;n:ia...U.-:,r:,t..i:iiii : .l,^„:,. used either 



QeralJy stated that Capsicums have no narcotic quality; but • 

 ..t the Ainerican species are an exception to that rule, as is .1,. ,-.,-. ur 

 "™m; this, however, requires confirmation. Thai 

 neither narcotic nor pungent in anj considerabl 



"•nyofthemarecomi articles of food , .. Bui i 



ous derive their properties from the pres 



the Is j and that the wholesome kinds this pulp. 



onlj ol what Botanists call the Barcocarp ; that 

 more or less succulent state. This is not, ho 

 Wished, romatoes, the fruit of the Lycopersicum, commoi 

 alhunon to the supposed power which thej 

 common ingredient in sat s Apples, also call 



auced oj bolanum Melongena; but tl.. 3 are uneatable till t'l, 

 contain has been remov. - ral are much 

 lanum muncatum and m i commonly 



called Quito Oranges N 

 are as harmless as thej autiful an 



lanum lacimatum, is a commi 

 s, however, that although when perfectly rij 

 impunity, yet, while unripe, it is acrid and p'rodu. 



the common Potato, in a stab 

 sufficient to read by. This was particular! 

 who thought the barracks were on fire, in 

 cellar full of Potal 



mum marginatum is n- 

 '"' , "' rum are em] 



for the garrison. Nlen ml erj 

 Qtinerepubli 



leas asm 

 In addition to the for. 

 Mr. ICere, the learned in\ 



'"The differential characters thai 

 the Scrophulariacese and Solan 

 eorolla more or less bilabial 



