The Natural Fitftory of JAM AICA. 
31 
Guar. Wi, 
Of Trees that have Papylionaceous Flowers, and are Siliquofe. 
1. Laburnum humilius, filiqua inter grana Gy grana junita, femine efculento, 
Cat. Fam. p.139. Thalamath feu Arbor Vomitoria Hemandezx. p.70. Bipicas 
Pifon de Angloa fruticof{um folio trifolio, Anagrydis facie fubincano, flore luteo 
optimum in edulis Surian. Kajana arbor fabifera trifolia falvia folijs, floribus 
lates elegantiffimis phafeolos [pectans. Aman. hort. Bof. p. 18. 
Pigeon-Peafe. 
HIS Shrub rifes four or five Foot high, having a green round Trunc, 
of anInch Diameter, being about a Foot from the Ground, divi- 
ded into many Branches, fpreading themfelves on every Hand, being 
ftreak’d and channell’d,having plac’d on them alternatively, feveralLeaves, 
always three on the fame half Inch long Foorftalk, each of which, is 
an Inch and a half long, and 3 quarters of one broad in the middle where 
broadeft ; foft, of a dark green Colour above, and whitifh underneath. 
Ex alis Foliorum towards the Tops of the Branches come out 3 qrs of Inch 
- long Branches, on which are feveral yellow Flowers with purple Streaks, 
ftanding Spike-fafhion, on half Inch long Footftalks, being Papylionaccous, 
to which follow flat, brown, two Inches long Pods, in which lie about 
four Peafe, having tranfverfe Partitions between each Seed, being the 
Sides of the Pod clapp’d down, making a tranfverfe Furrow on the 
outfides of its Valves, anda {welling between. 
It is frequently planted in this Ifland, the Caribes, Surinam, &c. 
chiefly°im Alleys as a Hedge, lafts many Years without decaying, 
and will thrive on barren Land which has been worn out, where 
{carce any thing elfe will profper. 
They are fometimes gather’d and eaten by Men, but their chief Ufe 
is to teed Pigeons, whence the Name. 
The Branches with the ripe Peafe and Leaves are not only given 
to feed Hogs, but Horfes and all other Cattle, which they fatten ve- 
much 2 
One Boil, makes them fit for eating, Rochef. 
They are hard to fhell. Tertre. 
This is a little Tree, and the firft Year that it is planted it beareth 
no Fruit, but afterwards ic beareth three Years and then it is cut down. 
Battel ap. Purchas, lib. 7. cap. 3.9. 7. p- 985. 
Il. Afpalathus arboreus, feu pfeudo ebenus buxi folio, flore Luteo patulo, fili- 
gua, lata, brevi chartacea Jemen exiguum reniforme complectente. Cat. Fam. 
Ps 140 Tab, 175- Fig. 1. Ebene verte de Pommet. p. 123+ de Biet, p. 338. An 
bois vert. de Bonton p.84. Rochef. Tab. p. 20. An Lycio ees Indicus 
fpinofus buxi folio Bryn. Prod. 2. p. 65. Spartium portulace folijs aculeatum 
ebeni materie Plum. pl, Am, p. 19. 
Ebony. 
This Tree has a great many long, brown Roots, creeping under the 
Surface of the Earth, from which rifes a Trunc as big as ones Thigh, 
for the moft Part crooked, and forty Foot high, havinga dark brown, 
: or 
