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11. Chili Nightpade 
Scilanum Cienopo/ZoiVej, acinisalbefcentibus F. 7ii. 
The Natives were ignorant of the Virtue oi this Plant until 
the Negroes came amongft them who were fubieft to a certain 
Vifeafe which kill'd them in their Prime, it was an extraor- 
dinary Extenfion of the jinus attended with a Fever, which 
was fo mortal, that many of them dy'd before they difcover'd 
this Remedy. They juice the tops of this Plant, mixing it 
wixh Rofe water and a little ^i/a»z, which taken cures their 
Ail, flops the Fever, and they become very well. With this 
Juice they alfo bathe their Eyes, which takes away all Pains 
and Dimnefs in them. This Sovereign Plant grows about a 
Yard high, on the Mountains of Valvar aifo, &c. 
12. Oak-leaved Biiterfweet> 
Solanum foliis ^ercinis. F. 722. Its Flower purple, found with 
the laft, and grows near 2 Tatds high. 
TAB. III. Medicinal C/;i/i Plants. 
Fig. I. OCarlet Jvens or ^uellgon. 
^ Caryo^hylata fol. alatis, fl. amplo coccineo F. 726. 
Its an Aperitive Herb, which the Natives make a Tea of to 
keep their Bodies ill order. Grows about half a Yard high 
on the fides of Mountains. 
■ 2. Purple Septfoil. 
Pentaphylloides J^cea minori folio, /. purp. F. 76J. 
•Grows about a Foot high, with a, purple Flower, on the 
Banks of the Miver Plata. 
3 . Panama Centaury. 
Centaurium minus purp. patulum F. 747. 
This Plant is very bitter. They make a Tea of it which 
is Aperitive and Sudorifick, it fortifies the Stomach, kills Worms, 
cures intermitting Fevers and the Jaundice, it's alfo given with 
very good Succels m Jiheumatifms, See They take it as hot 
as may be in Bed, covering theml'elves clofe, to provoke 
Swear. N. B. The Hiftory oi the Academy Royal des Sciences 
A. D. 1707. p. 6j. 8°. gives great Encomiums to this Plant, 
which they fay has a fragrant Smell like Natural Balfam, and 
is fo great a Sweetner of the. Blood, that it's a fpecinck in 
Pleurijies, and in Fevers they ufe it inftead of the Jefuits Bark. 
lt& found plentifully about Panama and divers other Places, 
that which grows on the Mountains is efteem'd the hejl. J. P. 
4. Upright Purple Wood forrel. 
Oxys rofeo fiore ereAior F. 75 
-They make 2uTifan or Broathoi this Herb, which is opening 
its L. are tart and refrelhing, they abate Choler and cool the 
H«at of the Blood. Grows on the vaft Plains along the Ri- 
ver Plata. 
6. Light or Purple ftriped Day-Lilly. 
Hemerocallis flor. purpurafcentibus fttiatis F, 71*. Grows by 
River fides. 
7. Salfilla or Purple climing Lilly, 
Hemerocallis fcandens, for. purpureis F. 71 5. 
The Natives ufe the Root of this and attribute the fame Vir- 
tues to it as Sarfaparilla, they infufe it all Night in cold 
Water, and drink it for Pains in the Stomach alio, and find 
great Relief by it. 
' 8. Illeu or Chili Spiderwort. 
Bemudiana cserulea, Phalangii ramofi facie F. 7 r 5. 
Grows on Mountains. 
■9. r«//oip Star- leaved Salfa. 
Sulfa foi. radiatis, florihus fubluteis F. 716. 
The Author fays this Plant is very well known in Europe for 
its Ufe in Venereal Difeafes. 
ID. Nuil or Gland-flag. 
EpipaBis flor. uno verfu difpofitis F. 727. 
Its Flowers all white. The Natives drink a Tea of it in 
Stoppage of Urine proceeding from the Gravel, it's alfg good 
to expel Wind. Grows on Mountains and dry Places. 
II. White Gavilu with a yellow Lip. 
EpipaBis ^.2.\ho F. 727. 
Grows 5 Foot high, in the fame places \vith the laft, and 
has the like Vntues. 
• 12. Picjuicken with a greenifh Flower. 
EpipaBis fl. virel'cente & variegato F. 727. 
Grows on the lides of Mountains a Yard high; 
I J. Gaviluvfiih. a large_ye/W Flower. 
'^EpipaBis amplo /oveluteoF. 729. 
The Indian Women newly laid in, mix the Juicg of this 
Plant with their Broths to caufe their Milk to return, which 
it does in plenty. 
TAB. IV. Medicinal Chili Plants. 
,Fig. i.TTEllow Hedge Hyjfope. Gratiola fol. fubrot. nervofis fl. 
\ iuteis F. 745. 
The Indiana eat this Herb in 'their Soops to refrefli them. 
Grows in moifl Ground and by River fides. 
2. Bloody, ftreakt Rampion. 
,Rapuntiihck, /o/. linuatis,/9?c ampliflimo fanguineo & Riino 
F. 7^9- 
Crojfs near Rivers and in moifi places 2 Foot high. 
Tupa or Chili Cardinal Flower. 
Rapuntium fpicatum foliis acutis F. 7^9. 
Its Flower red. Grows on Mountains. The Root and Bark 
yields a venemous Milk, which will endanger the Eyes like 
Spurge, the very Smell of the Flower caufes Vomiting, and the 
whole Plant is reckoned a violent Poilbn. 
4. Tall Chill Violet. 
Viola arborefcens^ Origani acuto folio F. 758. 
A Tea of this is opening, its Flower blew and without Scent 
Grows by River fides a Foot and an half 
5. Blew ChiU Milkwort. 
Polygala caeiulea, anguftis & denfioribus Foliis F. 721. 
_ The Natives make a cold Infufion of this Herb all Night 
inH r"' d!"^ J^°'-"i"g P'-oves a ftrong Biurfiick 
and ezles Pleuritick Pains. Grows on Mountains, 
6. Chili Panke. 
Panke Anapodophylli folio F. 741. 
They eat the raw Stalks peeled, which are of a fweetiiTi 
agreeable Tafte, they alfo drink a Tea oi its Leaves, XI 
^" Heats. The Tanners boil 
the Roots oi thig with their SKins which very much thickens 
them, it alfo yields a black Dye. Grows in Lift ^oty Pi"! 
ces and by River fides, ^ 
7- Chili Llau-panke. 
Llau-panke amplillimo Sonchi folio F. 741. 
They apply the Juice of this Plant to eafe the Pain and ftoD 
the immoderate Flux of the P;7..,they ufe alfo the Grounds of 
It Poultile-wile. The Dyers mix it in their Compofitions to 
ftain Black. Grov/s about a Yard high. ^ 
1. Pichua with PurJIain Leaves. 
Tithymalus perennis Pcrtulacs folio F, 707. 
The Inhabitants of Chili, &c. mix lome Drops of the Milk 
of this Spurge in a large Glafs of Water or Broth, which 
moderately and kindly purges them, for which Caufe thev 
n « ox Female richuz. Grows commonly cn the 
Sea Coafts in Jlovey and dry Places. 
9. Veiny heart-leaved Spurge. 
Tithymalus fol. trineiviis & cordatis F. 709. 
Grows with the laft and purges like it. i 
10. Male Pichua Spurge. 
So caU'd becaufe it works more violently both upwards and 
downwards. It differs from the others, but ^iw. in the fame 
11. Chili Ortiga. 
Ortiga \xxtns. Acanthi ioMo F. 757. 
Grows in Valleys about a Cubit high. Of this Species is 
p'L?S;^Po?^w":fef °-he^/i„,.^ 
11. Dyers Itiu. 
Peryclymenum fol. acuti?, /on profunda difledis F. 760. Grows 
about 4 Yards 7./;^/:, with Scarlet FW. on the fides of^o^^n- 
tams. They u(e the Chips of ih's Woed with the Roots of P^kA^ 
at ?7^. 6. nuxt with a black Earth call'd thefe thev 
boil in Water to a juft height, with which they dye their 
Stuffs oi a fine Black, which fades not like thofe oi Eurove 
12. Pillabilcum or CKiW Polypody. ^ ' 
Polypoiium lad.fquamofa F.7SS. Filix DaByloides pereleeans 
Mnf. Petiver 215. Ray Vol. 5. p. 72. ° 
A of this opens OhflruBions and the Natives drink of it 
when their Stomachs are overcharged. Found on the fide of a 
Mountain near PiwcZio in Chili. It alfo grows about Mount Se- 
rado on the Coaft of Africa. 
15. Chili Guilno or Purging Oat-graff. 
Gramen Bromoides Catharticuvi F. 705. 
They make a Tea of its Roots which they drink hot in a 
Morning which purges them; its Tafte like its Operation 
httle diiierent trom Sena. Grows in viarJJ}y and wet Places. 
TAB. V. American Gum-trees and others very defirabie 
'^ig-^'T\DeUmm. Is faid to flow from the Trunk of a 
JJ norncy Tree, call'd M/^i growing in Arabia and 
i?7i?/r, Its Leaves are like the 0^^, tJie Fruit refembles a 
Fig and of a pretty good Relifli. The Gum of a uirterifli 
Tafte and turns yellow upon the Tongue, tlie beft comes in 
oval Drops, is fragrant, reddifh and tranfparent, it'i ufed 
both externally and internally, hting aperitive , fudonfick di- 
geftive and difoujfive, it haftens Birth , provokes Terms and re. 
hfts Poifon. 
2. Cancamum. Refembles feveral forts oi Gums or Rofins of 
different Colours clotted or flicking together, it's faid to 
come from Arabia, Pomet fays it was Drought him from Ame- 
rica A. D. 1686. by Dr. Bnfet of 4 different Colours clinging 
together, iffuing from a Tree of a moderare height, Lemety 
fays it ftrengthens the Stomach and Bowels, kills Vv^orms and 
opens Obftriiclions of the Spleen, ^c. 
■i. Ezliiin Copaiba, by lome Colocai and by ih^ Portitguefe 
Gamemolo. Marcgrave fays the Wood is very red, wh>'ch they 
faw into Boards for divsjs Ufe?, its L. 4 or j Inches Ipng and 
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