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The Natural Hiftory of JAMAICA. 
common redifh Foorltalk, each of which has a fmall quarter Inch Foot- 
ftalk, is about three Inches long and one broad, thin, fmooth, and of a 
dirty or brownifh green colour.Ex alis foliorum come the Jult,two toge- 
ther, each about an Inch long, made up of a great many {ma!l greenifh 
ellow Points, grazula herbacea, or Flowers not open L he Fruit hangs 
ae the Branches by an Inch longFootftalk,is oval, yellowifh in Colour,as 
big as a Nutmeg, having under a very thin mucilaginous Pulp, a large 
Shell of the fame Shape, which I never remember [ broke, but think 
this Fruit may be refer’d hither, 
It grew in the Town Savavag, in the woody Part, between it and 
two Mile Wood, and onthe Banks of the Rio Cobre, below the Town 
of St. Fago dela Vega. | | 
Tis plain that this is differing from the Hickery Nut Tree which 
Dr. Plukenet, p. 236. of his Mantiffa fufpects may be it. 
Il. Alni folio, arbor, folio fubrotundo ferrato. Cat. p. 128. Tab. 157. Fig. 2 
Raij. Hift. Tom 3, denar. p, 11. 
The Branches of this Tree were fireight, cover’d with a fmooth 
blackifh Bark, under which wasq white hard Wood ; the Twigs had at » 
their Ends feveral Leaves ftanding on very fhort Footftalks, each of them 
being almoft round, tho’ fometimes fomewhat pointed, of about three 
Quarters of an Inch diameter, ferrated very prettily about the Edges, 
thin, and fomewhat like the Leaves of A/der. 
It grew on the Road going to the North Side of the Ifland about 
Mount Diablo. 
This, as appears by its Figure and Defcription, is perfectly different 
from the alt folia Americana ferrata floribus Pentapetalis albis in {picam 
atfpcfitis. Pluken.-Phyt. Tab. 15. Fig. 1» Alm. p. 19. tho’ the Doétor 
fuppofeth it may be the fame. Mazt. p. 7. 
Ill. fasiperus maxima Cuprefi folio minima, cortice exteriore in tenes 
philyras {pirates duttili.Cat. p. 128, Tab. 157. Fig. 3- Rat. Hift. Tom 3. 
dendr. p. 12.Ae Juniperus Barbadenfis Cuprefe folio arbor pracel[a tetragono- 
phyllos five foltatura quadrangulari. Pluk. Mant. p.1099? The Juniper Tree. 
This Tree grows to be one of the largeft and higheft Timber Trees 
of this Ifland, affording very large Boards, of areddifh brown Colour, 
clofe and firm Contexture, fhining, very odoriferous, and ftrongly 
fcented, extreamly like, if not the fame with the Bermudas Cedar, being 
towards its Outfides of a paler Colour and loofer Contexture. The Bark 
is thin, and ready ingreat Piecesto drop off, appearing fomewhat  con- 
torted, of a reddifh brown Colour. The Branches, Twigs and Leaves 
are exactly like thofe of the Sabina folio Cuprefi C. B. or Baccifera. F. B. 
The Twigs or Sarcali are more denfe and fmaller than thofe of this 
laft, and lefs than the Leaves of the other Kinds, fmelling of Rofin, 
and like to Savin, The Fruit I never faw, but was toldit wasa Berry 
like thofe of the Sassper. . 
It grows on the Hills near the Blue Mountain in Liguanee, neat 
Mr. Harrifon’s or Mr. Mac Gragh’s Houle. 
Thefe Trees are fell’d and very much us’d for wainfcoting Rooms, 
making Efcritores,Cabinets,¢c.Cockroches and other Vermine avoiding this 
Smell; any Papers or otherGoods devourable by them.are put up inChefts 
of this Wood and that of Cedar, wherethey remain fecure and fafe for 
many Years, fromthe Attempts of that all-devouring Tribe. 
Thevet tells us, the Indians us’d to put their Feathers ia Boxes of it, 1¢ 
being durable, and preferving Things put therein, bue it gives a aod 
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