Hort us PERUVI ANU S Medicmalu : 
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The SOUTH-SEA Herbal. 
Containing the Name r, Figures } ZJfe } &c. of divers Medici - 
nal Plants, lately discovered by Fere L. Feuillee, one of the 
King of France's 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 neceffary to be known by all fucb as now Traffick 
to the South-Seas, or rejide in thofe Parts . 
TAB. I. Medicinal PERU Flints. 
F I G. i. Peru Chilca or Long Fleabane. 
Conyza frut. fol. anguft. nervofis L. Feuillee p. 750. 
Conyza Afric. humilis, fol. anguftioribus nervofis, Flo- 
ribus umbellatis In ft. Rei Herb. 455. 
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, D ijfenterics, and 
other Fluxes. Grows 4 Feet high with blewifh Flowers , in 
the Valleys about Lima the Capital City of Peru. 
5. Paica Julio. Bidens Merpurialis folio, fl. radiato F.744. 
Its Flower-rim white. Grows about Lima and Callao. 
4. Cuiez-bane. Bidens fol. trinervi lanceato, fl. fingulari & 
radiato F. 766. 
The Flower-rim compofed of 6 yellow Petals. Grows in the 
ftoney Valleys of Lima. 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, Mugwort Bident. Bidens ArthemiJU folio,/, albo 
radiato F. 745 * 
Found in the Plains about Lima. 
<5. Heart-leaved Maracoc. 
Granadilla pon.ifera, 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 Gaidens. 
7. Trilid, fpotted Maracoc. 
Granadilla fol. tricvjpidi , obtulo Sc oculato F. 718. 
Obferved in a Garden at Malambo , in the Suburbs North 
of Lima. 
8. Caigua or ftriped Melon. 
Momordica frudlu ftriato lacvi. 
The Natives eat its Fruit in their Broths which much re- 
frefhes and cools them, the Heats there being very exceflive.^ 
A. and B. a;e 2 fmall Beetles which feed on the Leaves of 
this Plant. 
9. Lima Pumkin. 
Melovgena Laurifolia, ft. turbinato variegato F. 73$. 
Its Flower white with a purple Star, the Ftuit much eaten at 
Lima but apt to caule Fevers , which are there difficult to 
cure. C. its Fr. Slit. 
10. Purple Bladder Nighljbade 
Alkakengi amplo fore violaceo F 724. 
They boil 5 or 4 of thefe Berries in White-wine or Water, 
and drink it with wonderful Succels in Stoppage of Irinc 
or Gravel. 
11. Ancoacha or yellow Mallow. 
Malva lutca , calyce fimplici, obtufo Carp'mi folio, pedicuhs 
florum piadongis F. 75°. , , , 
Its F.ower yellow with a purple fringed bottom and corda- 
ted Petals . A Tea of this is wonderful in Ails of the Stomach , 
the Indians pick and make a Poultils of it, which they apply 
to ripen Swellings and ufe it as an Univcrfal Remedy. Grows 
in moilt Givund and by River-fldes North of Lima. 
12. Lima Tea. . - . 
Caprana Peruviana Agcrati foliis, abfque pediculis F. 7 ° 4 - 
Peie FtuilUc lays, the Virtues of this Herb (which are the 
fame with the China Tea ) was not known in Peru till 17°?- 
N. B. This feems to be the fame or little different from 
Dr. Sloan* s Weft-India Tea , which he has defcribed in his 
Nat. Hift. of Jamaica p.209. pi. i$. who fays it’s call’d in 
Curaffow Cabritta 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. 1. T Ima Tobacco. 
1 j Nicotiana minor, fol. cordi formi, tubo Floris pra- 
longo F. 717. Its Flower of a greenilh yellow. Grows in 
Valleys. 
2. Ray- leaved Bignon. 
Bignonia fl. luteo , foliis radiatis, 8 c elegantiffimd diffettis F.7jt. 
Found in a very dry Place at the Foot of high Mountains about 
Arica. 
3. Broad Clove-Jlrife. 
Onagra Laurifolia fl. amplo pentapetalo. F. 71 6. 
* Small Female Clove-ftrife. 
Onagra minor, fl. luteo pentapetalo. 
The Flower 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 diffipate inveterate Tumors and Buboes which are 
very common in thofe Parts. Thefe grow by River fides. 
4. Log rooted yellow Wood-forrel. 
Oxys luteo flore, rad. craffiffima F. 734. 
Grows on the Mountains of Peru, &c. 
5. Spotted Mountain Pelegrina. 
Hemerocallis fl. purpurafcentibus rnaculatis F. 711. 
The Beauty of this Flower is, in having 3 of its Petals fpot¬ 
ted, the reft plain, and therefore the Spaniards call'd it Ptle- 
grina or Curious. 
6. Ylo Hounis-tongue. 
Cynogloffum fol. nervofis acutiflimis F. 767. 
Grows in the Valley of Ilo near Arica about a Foot and an 
half high, with blewifh Flowers. 
7. Malla or Peru Crefs-Violet. 
Cardamindum quinquifido folio F-7$6. 
This elegant Plant the Spaniards call Paxanto becaule its 
Flower is compofed of 2 particular large yellow L. extended 
like the Wings of a Bird. Grows about Lima. 
8. Lima Flower fence or Tara. 
Poinciana fpinofa Feuillee. 572. ,, , 
The Dyers ufe the Hufks of this Fruit to dye black, they 
foke fome of the Pods all Night in Water, mix a lut e 
Allum with it, and boil it to a due Thicknels, which maxes 
a very fine Black and ftrong Ink. 
Medicinal Chili Plants. 
9. Dafie Ragwort or Nillque. 
acobea Leucanthemi vulg. folio F. 759 * . „ . ,4 
Its Flowers yellow. They drink a Tea of this aher the co 
?it, which abates the hot in intermitting Fevers. Grows on 
he ragged Sea Banks of Chili, See. 
10. ChiYiDutioaor Floripondio. r «. iVi6t. 
itramonoides arboreum oblongo & integro folio -7 
Grows in Chili about a \ard high, with a white Flown -J* 
irery fweet, that a Angle Plant is enough to perfume a wh 1 
jar den. They apply the L. to hallen the Suppuration of I 
11 ors which it does effedually. N.lB. This Plant 
Flower of a Stramonium or Thom apple, bui.differs 
jeing fmooth, theie is a lort of this in the Hart. Maura 
V T ol. 2. Tab. 29. 
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