Ricinus Americanus (the first of Dr. Sloane's (k)(k) Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 38., the Fruit of the Nambuguacu (l) or Oylnut-Tree; the Oil is not used for Lamps only, but in Medicine; it is of the Bigness of a Horse Bean, smooth and glossy, (l) Dr. Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 217.Ash-coloured with black Specks. The American Physick-nut (m)(m) Hugh's Amer. Physician, p. 81., of the like Size, but dark brown, with white Veins where cracked. Ricinus Americanus tenuiter diviso folio, this is the entire Fruit, including in distinct Cells, three of the Seeds. Nux vomica, this is a thin, flat, white Fruit, an inch and half round. The Bark of the Root of a Tree from Mevis in the West-Indies; the Planters give it to their Slaves for a Vomit, a Thimbleful is a Dose. Don. D. Faire Pharm. Lond. The Root of Cassada from St. Thomas's Island. It was some Matter of Wonder to me, to think how many People, perhaps one 4th Part of the Inhabitants of the whole Earth, should venture to eat Bread made only by baking the Root of Cassada, which is one of the rankest Poisons in the World both to Man and Beast, when raw (n). (n) Dr. Sloane's Introd. Nat. Hist. of Jam, p. 25.