. The American flora : or history of plants and wild flowers : containing their scientific and general description, natural history, chemical and medical properties, mode of culture, propagation , &c., designed as a book of reference for botanists, physicians, florists, gardeners, students, severe inflamation, followed by blisters or desquamation ofthe cuticle. It is used in the West Indies for the cure of corns,warts, ringworms, and obstinate ulcers, and is said to be sometimesapplied to the face by females in order to remove the cuticle, andproduce a fresher and more youthful aspect. T
. The American flora : or history of plants and wild flowers : containing their scientific and general description, natural history, chemical and medical properties, mode of culture, propagation , &c., designed as a book of reference for botanists, physicians, florists, gardeners, students, severe inflamation, followed by blisters or desquamation ofthe cuticle. It is used in the West Indies for the cure of corns,warts, ringworms, and obstinate ulcers, and is said to be sometimesapplied to the face by females in order to remove the cuticle, andproduce a fresher and more youthful aspect. The worst case ofexternal poisoning which has ever come under our notice, wasproduced in a lady who was exposed to the fumes of the nut whileroasting. The face was so much swollen that for some time not afeature was discernible. The kernel when fresh has a sweet, agree-able taste, and is eaten like chesnuts, either raw or roasted. It isalso used as an ingredient in puddings, &c., and forms an excellentchocolate when ground with cocoa. By age it becomes rancid andlooses its agreeable flavor. The natives of the Island make use ofthe juice in obstinate cases of diarrhcea, and diabetes. The oil isused by painters to give their colors a lasting black, and to preservewood from / .yCpt^^t/yy (.y/uiU /^/u-ciy. 2 (/^?^M^?^m/ une^. NAT. ORDER. Pedalinece. MARTYNIA PROBOCIDEA. HORNY MARTYNIA. dass XIV. DiDYNAMiA. OrdcT II. Angiosperma. Chn. Char. Calyx, five parted. Corolla, ringent. Capsule, woody,dry, with a hooked beak, containing a four celled-nut. »^e. Char. Stem, branched. Leaves, alternate, lobed cordate at Stamens, four, all fertile. plant rises from one to three feet in height; stem branched,annual, villous, and ; the leaves are placed alternately uponthe stem and branches, they are lobed and cordate at the base; thestamens are four, all fertile; corollas with a yellowish white tube,variegated with green, yellow, and violet spots and lines;
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