Book VI. land off BARBADOS. 
Flowers ftand upon ftrong Footftalks, each having at firft the Appear- 
ance ofa fcarlet Pod ofan Inch and an half long: When this opens, it difco- 
vers three {carlet {poon-like Leaves. The Infide of one of thefe, when it 
deflects back, appears ftained with Yellow and Red. From the Centre of 
the Leaves rifes a reddifh flat Pointal, incircled by another reddifh Leaf, 
fpotted with Yellow ; to whofe Edge, near the Top, fticks a long whitifh: 
Apex. The Flowers are fucceeded by fmall Cap/ule, each inclofing a round — 
black hard Seed, as big as Swan-fhot: From thefe, and the Make of its 
Leaves, they derive the Name of Plantain-fhot. 
Locwoop; Lat. Campechiana. , 
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HAT is called here the Logwood-tree hath a dark-coloured © 
, Bark, the Branches fpreading open and wide: Thefe are here-and- 
there guarded with Prickles. The Leaves are many, and very {mall. 
Witp Ciary; Lat. Heliotroprum Americanum. 
HIS Plant grows to about eighteen Inches high; the Stalk green 
and hairy. The Leaves are fet on alternately, {urrounding the Stalk : 
_ Thefeare of a middle Size, rough and crumpled, having their Edges much 
 finuated. From the Top rifes a long gramineous Spike, ftudded with very 
_ fall monopetalous whitifh Flowers: ‘Thefe are fucceeded by many {mall 
_ Seeds. a 
Hop-WEED. 
; T HERE are two Species of this Plant, diftinguifhed by the Name of 
: White,and Red: TheRed grows to about eighteen Inches high. T he 
_ Leaves are rough, and about two Inches long, and above an Inch broad ; 
_ their Edges being irregularly ferrated. From the Bofom of the Leaves rife 
_ many Footftalks, thick-fet with blue tubular Flowers, fucceeded by {mall 
_ Seeds. A Decoétion of this Plant is made ufe of, as a gentle Gargle, to cure 
fore Mouths. 
MuskeEto-Busu, or the WHITE Hop-WEED. 
aL IS derives its Name from its either real or pretended Service in 
1 driving away, by its Smell, Mufketoes from Bed-chambers, or elfe- 
_ where, by having a Buth or Bough of it hanging in the Room. Its Roots 
) are many; and the Stalk is four-{quare, and every Square chanelled. It 
_ grows in rich Land, to often above four Feet high. This is furrounded by 
| two-inch long fharp-pointed Leaves, whofe Edges are irregularly ferrated. 
_ The Top of the Stalk fupports a blunt-pointed conic plufhy Tuft, difcover- 
| ing feveral {mall tubular blue Flowers, fucceeded by many {mall Seeds. 
The 
