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_ The Natural Hiftory of the Book VI. 
Thefe are very thickly cloathed in an alternate Order, with {mall 
oval Leaves, not ill refembling thofe of Tamarinds. C 
Its Flowers, which are monopetalous, whole Org are divided into 
Five Sections, are fucceeded by fmall Cap/ule, fomewhat refembling 
Berries. 
The fmall Doves feed on thefe ; and from thence this Plant derives 
its Name. 
This Plant, reduced to Powder, is a great Drier-up of old Sores, 
The milky Juice, which iffues out of the Stalk, is looked upon to be 
good to deftroy Warts. 
It grows in moft Parts of the Ifland, efpecially in rocky or gravelly 
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eas grows to be about Eighteen Inches high, the Stalk very 
green and fucculent. 
The Leaves are about Two Inches long, and above an Inch broad; 
their Edges being irregularly and deeply ferrated. 
From among the Leaves arife a great many white {mall Five-leaved 
Flowers, inclofing broad clofe yellow Stamina, farrounding a green 
Stylus. 
The Flowers are fucceeded by very round {mall Berries, black when 
ripe. 
The Leaves of the Plant are made ufe of by the Negroes, as boiled 
Sallad ; but feldom, if ever, made ufe of by the White Inhabitants. 
The Wurre Hercutes. 
CE I$ differs chiefly from the other by the Colour of its inner 
Bark, which is white. 
The Flowers are very fmall, and of the herbaceous Kind. 
a ¥ hefe are fucceeded by a capfular Bunch, full of {mall black oval 
eeds. 
The Buds of this Tree, boiled into a Decoétion, are very good to 
cure a Diftemper called the Red Water in Cattle. 
This grows beft under the Shade of an Hill. 
Boumso Busn. 
TH IS Bufh hath a very offenfive ftrong Smell. 
It grows to about Two Feet high, thickly cloathed with Leaves, 
It grows in moft Parts of the Ifland. 
u PursLaINn, 
