18 The Natural Hiftory of JAMAICA. 
Il. Cacao affinis, frutex fpinofas, lyciy facte jafmiat flore aloo, fructu in 
difpares particulas inter fe artte harentes divifo, Cat. Jam. p. 135+ Tab. 
161. Fig.1. Ratj. Vol. 3. Dendr. p. 82- 
This Shrub rifes 10 or 12 Foot high, it has a Trunk as big as one’s 
Arm, cover’d witha reddifh rough Bark, and having feveral Branches op- 
pofite to one another, which have three quarter Inch long fharp Prickles 
ftanding againft one another; the Leaves come out Oppofite to one ano- 
ther, they are one Inch long, and half as broad, of a yellowifh green Co- 
lour, fmooth and fhining, from no Footftalk, augmenting to the Mid- 
dle, whence they decreafe to the End, Ex ass Folsoram come the Flowers 
which are pentapetalous, white, and ftand on a half Inch long green Ca- 
lix, appearing like a Star, after which follows a half Inch long green umbi- 
licated Fruit as big as one’s Finger in the Middle, tapering to boch Ends, 
containing within a thin green Skin and a Hollow, a black Subitance 
appearing like Cacao Nuts, having feveral irregularly fiz’d Parts clapt 
cloie together. 
Ic grew on the Road to Guanaboa very plentifully. 
By a Sample of the Fa/minam Spinofum Americanum Folio Lucido fubro- 
tundo. Herm. par. Bat. pr. p- 342. fent me by Dr. Réichardfon who gather’d 
itin the Garden of Leyden, I find this and that to be the fame as I 
fufpefted p. 135. of my Catalogue. 
Ill. Alni fructu, lanrifolia arbor maritima. Cat. Jam.135. Tab. 161. Fig. 
>. Raij. Vol. Dendr. Tom. 3. p. 11. 
Button Tree. 
This Tree has a Trunk as thick as one’s Thigh, ftreight, thirty 
Foot high, having a fmooth, whitifh, or grey Bark, and feveral Branches 
fpread on every Side, with their Leaves at Joints fet oppofite to one 
another. They ftand on one quarter Inch long Footftalks, are two Inches 
and a half long, and an Inch and half broad, almoft oval, only fomewhat 
broader towards their End, and fmooth. The Leaves towards the Tops of 
the Branches among the Flowers are narrow and pointed, of a yellowifh 
sreen Colour. The Tops of the Twigs are branch’d, fuftaining at firft 
ome {mall roundifh Heads, no bigger than thofe of Pins, growing lar- 
ger, hairy, downy, or mufcofe, looking like the Fal# of Willows, be- 
ing of a yellowifh green, or red Colour. Thefe augment to fo many 
round red Balls, fomething refembling the Cones of Alder, or like 
Buttons, whence the Name, fticking to the Branch by a quarter of 
an Inch long Footftalk, each of which is made up of a great many redifh 
corner’d. Seeds, fticking in a fungous Matter on its Ourfide, and regar- 
ding its Center, fo that by their Means ’tisrough or echinated. 
It grows near the Sea-fide by Pajfage- Fort, and old Harbour, among the 
Mangroves. | = | 
Butter-Flies fwarm very much about this Tree. < | 
It is very plain from Commeline’s Figure, Hort. dmff. p. 115. that 
this Tree is the Manghala arbor Curaffavica folijs falignés, Herm. par, 
Bat. pr. re 
LV. Alni fruity, morifolia arbor, flore pentapetalo Flavo. Cat. Yam. p..135- 
Raij. Vol. 3. Dendr- p. 11. Cenchramidea. Jamatcenfis morifolia fructa 
ovali integro verrucofo, intus in quingue celulas, granula ficulners fimilia in- 
cladentes difpertito, Balfamum olente. Plukenet. Almag. p. 92. r 
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