Book VI. Iland of BARBADOS. 
and blunt pointed, are foft, and downy, and of a hoary Green, hav ing 
their Edges irregularly ferrated ; their middle Ribs and tranfverfe ones are 
ftrong and prominent. They are fet on the Stalk alternately, and: from 
the fetting on of thefe iflues a Group of very fmall, fiftular, one-leaved, 
ellow Flowers, whofe Edges are divided into fiveSegments; thefe are fuc- 
ceeded by fmall black Seeds in form of fhort blunt Cones, every Cap/ula 
having one. ; : 
A Cataplafm of the pounded Leaves of this Plant is looked upon as an 
excellent Vulnerary. 
It grows generally in dry Places. 
TREES, 
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