The Natural Hiftory of J AM AIC A. | 
Inch in Length, and almoft one in Breadth near the Beginning 
where broadeft and roundifh, from thence; decreafing to the Point which 
is fharp, tho’ fometimes they are not fo round, but more pointed 
They are whole, or not at all ferrated or dentated. The Flowers come out 
Ex alis foliorum, fometimes many, fometimes few together, fmall, and of a 
pale white Colour, ftanding on crooked Petioli, being made up of five little 
Petala, ftanding on the Edges of an open Cup of a green Colour, from 
at which come out many very long Stamina, with yellow Apices at 
Op. 
It grows very plentifully in the Woods over Mr. Batchelcr’s Houfe in his 
Plantation, 
Lance-Wood is hard, tough, heavy, and good for Looms, Handles, 
Staves for Oars, or fcouring Rods for Guns. It growsas ftreight as an 
Ath. Dampier. about Nicoya and Blew Fields. 
IV. Myrti folio arbor, foltys longiffimis inodoris. Cat. Fam. p. 162. Rai. 
Dendr. Vol. 3. p» 36. Tab. 192 Fig.1. Aa Buxus laurt Alexandrina folsys 
accedens Americana, Pluk. Phyt. Tab, 80. Fig.6? Aw Arbor Americana bac- 
cifera Myrtifolia viminalibus uirgis, longius mucronatis (eu cufpidatis & punttan 
tis folijs feu flagellifera minor. Fjafd. Tab. 139. Fig. 7? An Arbor Ffamai- 
cenfis modora, folijs camphorifera fimilibus. Ejufd. Tab.262. Fig. 2? Almag. 
Dp. 42? 
P This Tree was very like the former, only the Leaves came out alter- 
natively, and were long and narrow, being about 3 or 4 Inches long and 
one and a half broad in the Middle, where broadeft, being narrow at 
both Beginning and End, without any Footftalk, and very like in Confi- 
{tence to the Leaves of Myrtles, tho’ not odoriferous. The other Parts of 
this Tree I never faw, but by the Face of the Leaves it ought to 
belong to this Place. 
It grew with the former on the Red Hiks, near Mr. Batchelor’s. 
V. Myrti folio arbor, folijs latis fubrotundis flore albo racemofo, Cat. Fam 
p. 162. Rasy. Vol. 3. Dendr. p. 36. Tab. 193. Fug. 1. 
The Wood of this Tree was very hatd and white, being cover’d with 
a grey, fmooth Bark, the T wigs had Leaves alternatively at about three 
quarters of an Inch’s Diftance, each having one third of an Inch long 
Foorftalk, being about two Inches long, and one and a half broad near 
the round Bafe, where broadeft, being even, fhining, with very few ap- 
aring Veins on their Surface, and being pointed without any Indentures 
on the Edges, Ex «lis foliorum, towards the Top comes a two Inches long 
Footttalk, or Ligula, to the End of which, by {mall Foorftalks, are 
faftened white Flowers, ftanding on a soundifh fmall Apex, or Head, 
which I take to be the Rudiments of the Fruit, and therefore refer it hi- 
ther ; the Petala were in Number five, and there were feveral Stamina in. 
the Middle. I neverfawthe Fruit, 
It grew in the Mand of Jamaica, and if I rightly remember, on the Red 
Hills. 
VI. Myrto affinis buxt folys flovibus pallide Luseis, Cat. Fam, p.162. Rasy. 
Vol. 3+ p. 36. Tab. 192. Fug. 3. 
This ‘I'ree rifes thirty Foot highs. with a white, fmooth Bark, 
it has Leaves like thofe of Box, only in every Thing larger, efpecially to- 
wards the Top; the Flowers come out by Tufts along the Branches, 
they are very fmalJ, without Footftalks, round, and of a pale yellow 
Colour. 
it grew on the woody Hills.qver Mr.. Batchelor’s Houle: in: Jamaica. 
, VII. Myrto 
