186 Timehri. 
Ducati.—The milk contains caoutchouc and is said to be aspecific for yawe. 
Exse-Tac.—For dry bellyaches. Arrawak. 
Era Patm.—(Mauritia fleruosa.) The fruit when made in a paste tastes 
like cheese and is eaten at times to stave off hunger and sometimes for “ bad 
bowels.” 
Ere-Awaucu.—Accowai dressing for buck sick. 
Ex-Ex.—For fever. Accowai. Ena-C&. Idem. 
Erewee.—As a bath for fever. Accowai. Erevu-u-Ru. Jdem. Carib. 
Ewonc-Exe.—For dry bellyache. Accowai. 
Fit Weev.—(Eryngium fetidum). Also call stinking weed. Used as a 
bath for fits, fevers and in warm baths. A little of the warm liquid is given 
the patient just before being placed in the bath. 
FLAT oF THE EARTH.—This weed is in daily use and sold at a penny a bunch 
for boiling as a tea as a cooling medicine and especially in cases of inflammations 
Gapu-Barvu.—Carib cure as a bath for smallpox. 
GASPERI.— Carib cure for sores. 
GuINEA PepPER or grains of Paradise.—(Amomum meliqueta.) A seed chew- 
ed for slight pains in the bowels. A tea for extreme pains. Sometimes is kept 
in brandy so as to be always ready. Especially good for relief of females who 
suffer from obstinate menstruation. 
Gutty Ror.—(Petiveria alliacea.) For retention of urine. For abortions. 
Grass, BanaMa.—(Panicum dactylon). Given to puultry and dogs when 
kept in confinement. Also as a tea as an aperient. 
Gum-an-Ime.—Chewed by the Indians for pains in the stomach. Also in 
cases of flatulency. Burnt in a house for the fumes inhaled for rheumatism and 
headache. (Bancroft). 
GincEr.—(Zingiber officinale.) As a strong tea for fever and to induce 
perspiration with spirits of nitre. A bit crushed and kept in the mouth for 
stomach pains and indigestion. Pounded and used with brown stout vinegar it 
makes an excellent substitute for mustard plaster as the writer found out 
when a mustard plaster meant a good deal to him. 
GREENHEART.—(Nectandra Rodiai.) The seed contains many of the anti- 
febrile qualities of quinine and is used for feve:. (Bernau). (Schomburgk) 
gives the name of Dr. Brodie, of this colony, as an authority). The Indians 
use it in time of famine for making a bread therefrom. 
Also used as a tonic. Sulphate of Bibirine is made from the seed and as late 
as Bernau’s time used as a substitute for quinine, 
