B O T A N Y .
BONA VISTA.
Fucus'.
Kyllingia, new species4?
Panicum sericeum, Hab. in Ind. Occidentali.
„ colonum, „ Indi® cultis.
„ scabrum, „ Senegal.
Cenchrus echinatus, „ Americas et Barbar, arvis.
Zea mays, (cultivated.)
Asparagus (species imperfect.)
Polygonum salicifolium'?
Salsola sativa, Hab. in Hisp. australis maritimis.
Salicomia Caspica, Hab. in squalidis maris Caspici, &c.
„ Indica* „ ad littera maris Tranquebar. » *
* This specimen was very old, and had been apparently laying on the beach a long time ;
it was black from exposure to air, ligneous, and full of small tubercles.
1 Culmo cylindrico, involucre universale triphyllo, partiale monophyllo. Valvis capituli,
muticis.
* The natives call it Froolie, and use its blossoms, which are thickly covered with cotton,
for stuffing beds and cushions.
f Caule fruticoso, foliis cylindricis, minutis, alternis. This species is, probably, not new,
but I could not find it described either in Persoon or Willdenow.
* This appears to be a small variety of that found at Tranquebar.
b This is used by the natives for making the black liquid with which they mark tbeir salt
bags, and which they call morass.
Melissa, (cultivated, species imperfect.) I
Mentha, ( ,, „ „ ) (.b
Marrubium crispum, Hab. in Hispania.
Datura metel1, Hab. in Asia, Africa, et Ins. Canariis. a
Capsicum cerasiforme, (cultivated.) \
„ ' frutescens, ( „ )
Nicotiana pusilla, ( „ )
Solanum mammosum, Hab. in Barbad.
Heliotropium incanum, Hab. in Peru.
Convolvulus batatas, (cultivated.)
„ ---------- (species imperfect.) |
Asclepias pubescens, Hab. ad C. B. Spei.
Prenanthes--------------, new species V
Sonchus Goreensis, Hab. in Goree. •
Cnicus flavescens, Hab. in Hispania.
A nthem is---------- ’.
Sinapis—an brassicata? (cultivated.). 1
Malva tomentosa, Hab. Ind ”...
„ polystachya, Hab. in Peru.
„ spicata, Hab. in Jamaica, Brasilia.
Sida Canariensis, Hab. in ins. Canariis.
Gossypium Indicum ”, Hab. in India, &c.
Sedum '■—I species imperfect4.
1 Native name Berbiaca; the calyx is bruised, and applied as a dressing to simple wounds.
k Gaule racemoso, foliis linearibus, integerrimis, remotis, passim in spinis fortibus mutatis,
Pvspinosa? Bowdick. It seems to me very probable, that the poor and sandy soil of Bona
Vista has occasioned the transformation of the leaves of this plant into thorns.
This specimen was very imperfect, but the radius was yellow, and the whole head globose.
The leaves were lance-shaped, dentated like a saw, and the whole plant was covered with
cotton. This, and the Cnicus, are both given as.strengthened after fever,in the form of an
infusion. .
m The natives call this plant Pontadery; it is one of the. ingredients for making the dye
Broidge, and a decoction of its roots is given as a cooling drink.
n No other use is made of this plant at Bona Vista, than that of squeezing the seeds into
water, and then dropping the liquid into the ear, or washing the mouth with it, whenever these
parts are affected.
The leaves are bruised for making cataplasms.