Hortus americanus: containing an account of the trees, shrubs, and other vegetable productions, of South-America and the West-India Islands, and particularly of the island of Jamaica; interspersed with many curious and useful observations, respecting their uses in medicine, diet, and mechanics / By the late Henry Barham ; to which are added, a Linnaean index, &c. &c. &c.
- Henry Barham
- Date:
- 1794
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Hortus americanus: containing an account of the trees, shrubs, and other vegetable productions, of South-America and the West-India Islands, and particularly of the island of Jamaica; interspersed with many curious and useful observations, respecting their uses in medicine, diet, and mechanics / By the late Henry Barham ; to which are added, a Linnaean index, &c. &c. &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![1. Convolvuhis niarinus catharticm folio rotunda fore pur pur eo. It grows: in Brafil, and ip all or moft parts of America, near the fea-piore, and is known by the name of convolvulus Syriacus^ becaufe it grows ii| §yvia. The root of this plant is ]o?jg and thick, fup- pliovd with nQurinimcnt by many frnali fibrous roots, {uli et\ milky juice; fioui the roots fpring large green ilalks, wlijch creep along tlie ground, or climb upoiy any thigg that is near it. lis leayes are green, irr the form of a heart; after which come tvhite oj purphdl flowers, iri Oiape of a bell. The fruit is almoft round, and membranaceous, containing black cornered {eeds, almod like tiuTfe of the Spinifh aibour-vineo Tiie whole plant is full of milky juice, and frnells x^cry firong; which juice is boiled to a conlifience. This- plant grov/s in great plenty about Aleppo and St. Johii de xAicre, from whence comes the bell fcarnmony. Chufe. that which is light, grey, lender, and brittle, being refinous, of a bitter taffe and a frint unplealant fineli; zc-jebf that which is heavy, hard, and biackifli. The next plant that fcarnmony may he got from is, 2. Convolvulus major pclyanthus longifimc ticqve repens forihus alhis 7ninorihus odoraiis. Some^ iviil have this to he a mechoacan. The Joldanedas alfo atlord fcarnmony^ which purges^ flrongly diopfical humours, ScORpiUM, or W ATC R-CeRM AN DERo The American water-germander, or fcordium, difTers but little from tiie Eugliih fcordium. It is of a healing and drying quality, and is accounted a good diuretic, ;?Icxipharrnic, flomachic, pectoral, and vulnerary. Scotch Grass. Tills grafs is fo called in Jamaica, being brought hfiner](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29319870_0186.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
