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The Natural Hiftory of JAMAICA. 
{mooth, brown, round, Péafe. 
, Footftalks, each confifting of five Petala of an ex- 
diet Ohe od yellow variegated Colour, within which ttand 
wate Stamina feveral Inches long, and to which follows a dark, brown, 
flat, {mooth Pod, two Inches long and three quarters of an Inch broad, 
containing four or five flat Peafe, of an irregular Figure and brown Co- 
lour, each being. kept from the other by a Partition in the Pod made of 
a fungous Membrane, and all of them when ripe, being loofeand mas 
king a Noife in the Pod as the Crotalarie. ‘The Flowers fmell like 
ve ods in moift Grounds and Gullies by the Rio Cobre Banks, near the 
Town of St. Jago dela Vega, &c. andin the C aribe Iflands. 
In Barbados *tis planted for a Fence, and to diftinguifh Fields from one 
another, both for its Ufe and Ornament. I thought 1 never faw any thing 
finer than a Hedge of this which grew between Bridge-Tows and Fonte~ 
belle in Barbados. | ; | 
The Leaves are usd as thofe of Sena to’ purge withall. 
Tt provokes the Menftrua extremely, caufes Abortion, ¢c. anddoes 
whatever Savin or powerful Emmenagogues will do. 
— Te grows in Amboina,and the Eaft Indies. Breyn. 
The Tin&ture of the Leaves with the Leaves of Scedanga, as much as 
fills a {mall Gourd, drank, takes away the Colick, efpecially if the Sick 
lifts up-his Hands to Heaven, ftanding ftraight up. H. . ) 
Ligon, tells us it was carried firft to Barbados fromthe Cape Verd Iles, 
and that it throve there very much. . 
XXV. Sena fpuria arborea fpinofa, falijs alatis ramofis feu decompofitis, 
flore luteo, filiquis brevibas Aiagsas fo fabine odore, Cat. “fam. p. 149. 
Raiz. Vol. 3. dendr. p. 111, Fab. 181. Fig. 2, 3. Colutea vere Crucis veficaria. 
Ferm: par. Bat. prs p. 325. Plukenet. Tab. 165. Fig. 3. Alm. p. 111. 
Indian Savin Tree. 
This Tree rifeth to fifteen Foot high, having a Trunc fomewhat crook- 
ed, about the Thicknefs of one’s ‘Fhigh, cover’d with a whitifh grey, 
almoft fmooth Bark. The Tree has feveral crooked and prickly Branches, 
with Leaves coming out at unequal Diftances, being decompofite and 
winged ; the middle Rib is 4 or § Inches long, and hath fo many Pair of 
alated Leaves, whofe Pinna ftand at half an Inch’s diftance on them, each 
of whichis very green, {tnooth, almoft round, of half an Inch diameter, 
having a Defeét at one End, being a little pointed on the other, and 
withall fhining. The Tops of the Branches are divided-into feveral Spikes 
of Flowers, three Inches long, each of which is hexapetalous, of a deep 
yellow Colour, to which follow feveral Inch long, blunt, Pods of a black 
Colour, fmooth, flat, having fome Sulci in them, and containing large 
All Parts of this Tree, if bruis’dand {mele to, have a very balfamick, 
ftrong, Scent. } ? 
It grows by Paffage Fort, and on the Road from thence to the Town 
very plentifully. EERE gt = 
This is of the fame-Kind with Caka’ Mulla, HW. M p: 633. 
Dr. Plukenet is miftaken very much when he fufpetts, p. 161. Mant. that 
this is the fame with his Rhas as se Leptiphyllos Tragodes: Ameri- 
cana Spinel rachi medio Appenditibus anéto. Phyti Tab. x07. Fig. 4. Alm: 
p 219 MBA UIC ede Ss 1 : ) 
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