cultivated in gardens, and fruit abundantly; they are made into
pickles. C. and M.—Hab. Tropics.
518. C. frutescens, Linn.—Long Chili. Several varieties are
commonly cultivated in gardens, and the fruit is used for pickles.
C. and M.—Hab. Tropics.
519. C. baccatum, Linn.—Cayenne Pepper. A few plants cultivated
in gardens.—Hab. Tropics.
Datura, Linn.
520. D. Metel, Linn.—Downy Datura; mentioned by Roxburgh
as growing in the Island. Dot. Mag. 1440.—Hab. Asia, America, &c.
521. D. Tatula, L in n .— Light-blue-flowered Datura. This
useful plant in asthmatic diseases grows wild and very abundantly
about Hew Ground and the Island generally. M. Alt. '06 to 2'4.—
A common weed in tropical and warm countries.
522. D. fastuosa, Linn.—Purple Datura; grows wild and very
abundantly as a weed about the Island generally. M. Alt. ’2 to 4.—
A common weed in the tropics.
Mellissia, Hk. f.
523. *M. begonifolia, Hk. f .; Physalis begonifolia, Roxb.—The
native Boxwood; now an extremely rare plant, but still to be found
growing on the south-eastern side of the Island, at Longrange and
Stonetop, where it attains to a shrub about eight feet in height.
The stems are very bent, crooked, and branching, seldom exceeding
two inches in thickness. The leaves are large when the plant is
young, but small as it grows older. Its pretty white blossoms appear
in the month of October, under the leaves so as to be scarcely
visible without lifting them up. A species of Succinea feeds upon
the plant. The dry branches are gathered by the natives for firewood.
C. Alt. 2 to 3. P l a t e 51; also Hk. Icon. Plant. 1021.
Nicotiana, Linn.
524. N. tabacum, Linn.—Wild Tobacco; grows on the rocky
ground, even on the summit of Lot. C. Alt. ‘2 to 1. Wild and
common. The leaves of this plant are sometimes gathered by
fishermen and labourers, hung up in their chimney-corners to dry,
and then smoked; but no systematic curing of it takes place, the
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