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under the Shade of Trees j but the 

 Fi^iit is alw.iys beft when they are 

 planted to the open Air, and upon 

 a dry Soil. 



RICINOIDESi Phyfick-nut, 

 vulgo. 



The Characiers arc ; 



The Male Flowers conjijl of fever nl 

 Leaves, which are placed in a circu- 

 lar Orders and do expand in Form of 

 ff. Rofci thefe (ire barren : At remote 

 Dijlances from thefe Tlowers, upon 

 the fame Plant, are produc'd the 

 Embryo's, which are wrapt up in the 

 Tlower-cup, and afterwards do be- 

 come tricapfular Fruits, containing 

 me oblong Seed in each Cell. 

 The Species arej 



1. RiciNoiDESj Americana, Gaf- 

 fjpii folio. Tourn. American Phy- 

 lick-nut, with a Cotton Leaf. 

 • 2. RiciNOiDEs J arbor, Atnericana, 

 folio multifido. Tourn. Tree Ame- 

 rican iPhyiick-nut, with a multifid 

 Leaf, commonly called in the Weji- 

 Indies, French Phyiick-nut. 

 ' 3, RiciNOiDEs ; Americana, fa- 

 fhifagriA folio, Tourn. American 

 rhylick nut with a Staves- acre Leaf, 

 called in the Wejl-Jndies, Belly-ach- 

 Weed: and Wild Cafada. 



4. RiciNOiDEs} Americana, JEle- 

 figni folio. Flum. American Phy- 

 iick-nut, with a wild Olive Leaf. 

 . ThelJe Plants are very common 

 in the warm Parts of America. 

 The firft Sort is planted in Hedges, 

 in moll; Parts o^ Jamaica and Bar- 

 bados, and is propagated by Slips 

 or Cuttings, which will take Root 

 very freely, and do make a good 

 Fence in a fhort Time, being very 

 quick of Growtho This rifes to be 

 twenty Feet high, and produces a 

 great Quantity of Nuts, which are 

 given from three to feven, for a 

 Vomit j but it the thin Film be 

 taken off, they may be eaten in 

 Quantities without any ill Effect. 



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There is an Oil drawn from thefis 

 Seeds, which is ufcd for burning 

 in Lamps. 



The iecond Sort is cultivated iq 

 Gardens in Jamaica and Barbados, 

 for the Deauty of its Flowers, which 

 are of a fine fcarlet Colour, and 

 produced in large Bunches on divers 

 Parts of the Plant. The N:its o£ 

 this Kind are larger than the other, 

 but have much the fame Quality. 

 This is not a Native in any of the 

 Fnglifl) Settlements in the U'^eji- 

 Indies, but was brought thither 

 either from the Spanifh or French 

 Settlements, from whence it iiad. 

 the Names of French and SpanifJ} 

 Fhyfick-Nut. 



The third Sort is very common 

 in the Savannas in Jamaica and 

 Barbados ; the Seed of this Kind is 

 the common Phylick among the 

 poorer Sort, for the dry Belly-ach. 



The fourth Sort grows plentifully 

 upon the Sca-Coaft in divers Parts 

 of the Wcfi-lndies, and is fometimes 

 brought into England as a Curiolity 5 

 where, in Ibme very good Gar- 

 dens, it is preferved with the for- 

 mer Sorts. 



Thefe may be all propagated by 

 fowing their Seeds upon a Hot-bed 

 in the Spring, and when the Plants 

 are come up, they fliould be each 

 tranfplanted into a feparate Pot, 

 fiU'd with light frefh Earth, and 

 plunged into a Hot-bed of Tanners- 

 Bark, obferving to fliade 'cm until 

 they have taken Root, after which 

 they fliould have Air and Water in 

 Proportion to the Warmth of the 

 Seafon, and the Hot-bed in which 

 they are placed. 



When their Roots have filled 

 thefe Pots, they fliould be fliaken 

 out, and put into larger Pots, filled 

 with the fame freS Earth, and 

 plunged again into the Hot-bed; 

 and io, from time to time, as the 



Plants 



