Horm PERUVIAN US Medicinalis : 
o R, 
The SOUTH-SEA Herbal 
Containing the Names, Figures^ Vfe^ &c. of divers Medicu 
nal Tlants, lately difiovered by Fere L, FeuiUee, one of the 
King of Frances Herbalifts. 
^ To which are ADDED, 
The Figures, &c. of divers American Gum-Trees, Dying Woods, Drugs, as the Jefuits Bark- 
Tree and others, much defired and very necejfary to be known by all fuch as now Traffick 
to the South-Seas, or refide in thofe Parts. 
K. B. This feems to be the fame or little different from 
Dr. Sloan's Weft- India Tea, which he has defcribed in his 
Nat.UiA. Jamaica p. 209. pi. 2j. who fays it's call'd in 
CurafTow Cahntta and Capraria becaufe the Goats there feed on 
it, which laft Name our Author here calls it by. J. Petiver. 
TAB. II. Medicinal Peru and Chili Plants. 
Fig. I. T Ima Tohacco. 
1 ^ Nicoiiana minor, fol. cordi formi, tubo Floris pras- 
longo F. 717. Its Flower of a greenifh yellow. Grows in 
Valleys. 
2. Ray- leaved 
Big7ioniafl.]u\eo,folijs radiatis, & elegantiffime diffedlis F.yjr. 
Found in a very dry Place at the Foot of high Mountains about 
Jrica. 
5. Broad Clove-Jlrife. 
Onagra Laurifolia^. amplo pentapetalo. F, 716. 
* Small Female Clove-ftrife. 
Onagra minor, fl. luteo pentapetalo. 
The Florver yellow and L. like the laft, but both fmaller. 
The Indians highly efteem thefe 2 Shrubs, making a Poultife 
of the L. pickt, which fweetens, mollifies and diffolves, fit 
therefore to diflipate inveterate Tumors and Buboes which are 
very common in thofe Parts. Thefe grotv by River (ides. 
4. Log rooted yellow Wood-forrel. 
Oxys luteo flora, r^^i. crafTifiima F. 7}4. 
Grows on the Mountains of Petu, &e. 
J. Spotted Mountain?tkgxim, 
Hemerocallis fl. purpurafcennbus naaculatis F. jix. 
The Beauty of this Flower is, in having ^ of its Petals fpot- 
ted, the reft plain, and therefore the Spaniards call'd it Pele- 
grina or Cmioia. 
6. Ylo Hounds-tongue. 
Cynoglofjum fol. nervofis acutiflimis F. ^6i. 
Grows in the Valley of Ilo near Jrica about a Foot and an 
half high, with hlewijh Flowers. 
7. Malla or Peru Crefs-Vwkt. 
Cardamindum quinquiftdo folio F.756. 
This elegant Plant the Spaniards call Paxarito becaufe its 
Flower is compofed of z particular large yellow L. extended 
like the Wings of a Bird. Grows about Lww. 
8. Lima Flower fence or Tar a. 
Poinciana Ipinofa Feuillee. 572. 
The Byers ufe the Hulks of this Fruit to dye black, thef 
foke fome of the Pods all Night in Water, mix a little 
Allum with it, and boil it to a due Thicknels, which makes 
a very fine Black and ftrong Jwfe. 
Medicinal Chili Plants. 
9. Dalie Ragwort or Nillque. 
Jacobea Leucanthemi vulg. folio F. 7J9. 
Its Flowers yellow. I hey drink a Tea of this af-er the cold 
Fit, which abates the hot in intermitting Fevers. Grows on 
the ragged Sea 13anks of Chili, &:c. 
ro. Chili Diitroa or Fiorifondio. 
Stravionoides arboreum oblongo & integvo folio,/' "//u laevi F.76X. 
Grows in Chili about a \aid high, with a white Flower fo- 
very fwect, that a fingle Plant is enough to perfume a whole 
Ga>den. They apply the L. to haften the Suppuration of Ta- 
?«o)j which it does efi'edually. N. B. This Plant bears the 
Flower of a Stramonium or Thorn apple, but differs in its Fruit 
being IVnooth, tliere is a fort of this in the Nort. Malaharkus 
Vol. z. Tab. 29. 
A n. Chili 
TAB. I. Medicinal PERU Plants. 
FX O. I. Peru Chilca or LongFleahane. 
Conyza frut. fol. anguft. nervofis L. Feuillee p. 750. 
Conyza Afric. humilis, fol. anguftioribus nervofis,F/o. 
rihus umbellatis Inft. Rei Herh. 
It has a pleafant Smell, the Indians make a Tea of 
it, 'to ftrengthen their Stomach. 
2. Manga Paki or Round Peru Fleabane 
Conyza fol. fubrotundo utrinque acuto F.p. 749. 
This is a fweetning Herb, Aftringent and Vulnerary, the 
Natives drink a Tea of it in Cholick Pains, Bijfenteries, and 
other Fluxes. Grows 4 Feet high with blewifh Flowers, in 
the Valleys about Lima the Capital City of Peru. 
g. Paica Julio. B'ldens Mercurialis (olio, fl. radiato F.744. 
Its Flower-rim while. Grows about Lima and Callao. 
4. Cuiez-hane. Bidens fol. trinervi lanceato, J7. fingulari & 
radiato F. 766. 
The Flower-rim compofed of 6 yellow Petals. Grows in the 
ftoney Valleys of Livia. It's a purging Plant, but rarely ufed 
by reafon of its Violence, they alfo think it a Poifon, becaufe 
it kills a Houfe Animal call'd Cuiez in Peru and Chili. 
5. White, Mngwort Bident. Bidens Arthemifia folio, fl. albo 
radiato F. 745. 
Found in the Plains about Lirna. 
6. Heart-leaved Maracec. 
Granadilla pomifera, Tilia folio F. 720. 
Its Rays crimfon with a white Circle in the middle. Grows 
in the Vallies about Lima in divers Places, it's alfo nurfed 
in their Gardens. 
7. Trifid, Ipotted Maracoc. 
GravediUa fol. tiicujpidi, obtufo & oculato F. 718. 
Obferved in a Garden at Malambo, in the Suhirls North 
of Lima. 
8. Caigua cr ftriped Melon. 
Momordica fruftu ftriato Isevi. 
The Natives eat its Fruit in their Broths which much re- 
frelhes and cools them, the Heats there being very excefTive. 
A. and B. are 2 fmali Beetles which feed on the Leaves of 
this Plant. 
9. L^ma Pumkin. 
Mehngena Laurifolia, f>. turbinate variegato F. 755. 
Its Flower white with a purple Star, the Fiuit much eaten at 
Lima but apt to caufe Fevers, whicii are there difficult to 
cure. C. its Fr. Slit. 
10. Vur^lc. Bladder Nighfjhade 
Jlkakengi amplo /o»e violaceo F 724. 
They boil 5 or 4 of thefe Berries in White-wine or Water, 
and drink it with wonderful Succefs in Stoppage of Urine 
or Gravel. 
11. Ancotcha or yellow Mallow. 
Malva lutea, calyce fimplici, obtufo Carfmi folio, pediculis 
fiorum praelongis F. 7 50. 
Its Fiower yellow with a purple fringed bottom and corda- 
ted Petals. A Tea of this is wonderful in Ails of the Stomach, 
the Indians pick and make a Poultils of it, which they apply 
to ripen Swellings and ufe it as an Univerfal Remedy. G)ows 
in moift Ground and by River-fidvs North oi' Lijna. 
12. Lima Tea. 
Capraria Peruviana Agerati ioViis, abfque pediculis F. 764. 
Pe>e FtuiUee lays, the Viitues of this Herb (which aie the 
fame with the China Tea) was not known in Peru till 1709. 
