( 3^8 ) 
■fUee. r have not only received this Plant from BarbaJoes and 
'Jamaica^ but a!fb from fevcral parts of Africa as well as 
Jjia, 
■ Vcmcs. A Dri^k made of the Leaves flops the overflowing of 
the Hemorhoids ; the fame powdered with Pepper clean- 
festhe Gums diXid cures the Toothach, A Fomentation o{ 
the Seeds with a little Rke made into a Ltnament with 
Butter, takes away Wearinefs and Pains in the Joynts. 
They make a Drink al(o of the aforefaid very good in 
the Small Vox. H. M. 
^ 31. Velluppelle iWi?/^^. 
mmes, Euphrafia pratenfis Sature 'w fol'tis fcahris e Maderafpa- 
tan. Pluk. Tab. 177. Fig, 6. & Aim, Bot. 
{Defcrrptm, it grows many times more than two Spans high, the 
Root woody and ftiff, tho' very fmall and threddy, its 
Leaves like Rofemary, but fbmewhat narrower, andfome- 
times longer ; from the Bofbm of every Leaf comes forth 
a rough carinated footlefs CalyXy in which flands a Flow- 
er fomewhat larger than the common Eyehrightt with a 
long Tube or Neck which ftands above the Calyx ^ thcfe 
are fucceeded by a fmall Husk which opens when ripe, 
and fl^ews its Interfepimentum or Partition. This Plant 
is commonly brancht, and runs up into very (lender 
loog Spikes. 
Tmso \i flowers and Seeds in December and January. 
32. 3x. Narreepangul coodee Mai. 
Names. Balfamina Madrafpatana fruHu parvo angulofo perlrevi 
pediculo affixa. 
Defcripfm, The Leaves are rough, have generally five Lobes, the 
two lower not fb confpicuous, and fometimes wanting, 
the full grown Leaves ftand on a pricklifli or rough Foot- 
ftalk more than an Inch long, whofe Serr^e end in Spines, 
againft which grows a curFd Tendrel, which is guarded 
with a Lohe or Eary whofe Edges is furrounded with 
Hairs like thofe on the Leaves of Sundew at each Joynt 
between 
