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From thence it spread over the Spanish main, and the West India Islands which now supply all Europe with Tamarinds. When Ligon published his History of Barbados an. 1657, the Tamarind Tree was then but newly plantd in this Island.
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Cassia fistula Linn.
Tho' this Plant, the Fruit of which is the Cassia fistula of the Shops, it is not indigenous anywhere in America, it is now so much cultivate in the West India Colonies, that this Drug is now for the most part imported from thence to Europe, tho' formerly it came all from the East by Alexandria. The Plant was long since translated from The East to the West Indies, but by whom, and at what period, we have not learnt.
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Sesamum Orientale. Linn.
The Seeds of this Plant, serve in many Countries for Bread. They are also remarkable for yielding a greater proportion of Oyl, than any others that are known, which is applied to both Medical and Culinary Purposes.
It is a Native of Malabar and Ceylon. In Bengal it is planted for its Oyl and Flower, as also in Æthiopia, China, Ægypt, and so far North as the Islands of the Archipelago. From the East, it was translated and first planted by some Jews, in the West Indies where it is cultivate with some considerable advantage to the Inhabitants.
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Sesamum indicum. Linn. The Vanglor or Oil Plant.
This Plant which is a Native of the hotter parts of India was like the former introduced to Jamaica by the Jews, where it thrives well and is