The Natural Fitftory of JAM ATC A. 85 
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XX. Groffularia fruity arbor maxima non pinofa Malabathri folio tntegro 
minors [ubtus ferrugineo. Cat. fam p.165. Rai. Hift.Vol. 3. Dewar? p26. 
Tab. 196. big. 2. Arbulcule trinervis aut potius peatanenros foltjs crafis hirfu: 
tis ad ampbitum raziorthus ferris ex infula Jamaicenfi, Plukenet. Phyt. Tab. 264. 
Fig. 2. | 
i found it with the former fan which it fcarce differs. 
It appears by the Account of this, compared with that found in Barbados 
defcrib’d, p. 39..0f my Voyage to Jamaica that they are two different Trees, 
notwithi{landing Dr. Plakenet’s contrary Opinion, p: 4: of his Mantiffa.’ 
XXE, Groffularia fructu arbor non fpingfa. Malabathri folio maximo glabro 
ee {plendente. Cat. fam, p. ibs. Rai. Hilf. Vol.’3. Dendr. p. 25. Tab. 197. 
Fig, 1. Acinodendron Americanum canelle folio maximo utringue glabro Pluken. 
Mantiff Di hin Ad Groffularia Americana plantaginis folto ampliffimo Plam. 
Tournef. Inft. p. 640 2? pl. Am, | 18 e ney ee . | 
eee pads MERE, being larce, having crooked Branches and 
Twigs as it were jointed, the Angles comprehended between the Twigs at 
cach Joint*béipg vérfobttile, The Leaves Come out alternatively at half 
an Inch’s Diflance, each whereof is about four Inches“long*and twe 
broad, in th. Middle, where ‘broaéel, being even owthe Edgesy-having 
three Nerves or Veins’ running from the Foorftalk’s Bad thro? the Leaf, 
whichis of a fine Contexture, with tranfverfe Vv eins appeating in’a very 
fmooth Surface. very pleafantly ; the upper Side:is fhining; and of a 
fine pale green Colour. -dfuppofe the Fruit and’Flower are‘as:-thofe 6f 
heformer.., °° ae oe ee ee 
, Tfoudd it on the red Hills in,the Woods. _ 
This is by fome accounted a aienutae eg : 
. XXU. Groffularte fractou non [pinofa, Malabathri foltjs longa & raffa La- 
nig ine hirfutis, fructu majore céruleo. Cat. Jam. p.16%5. Tab. eee die 
Raj. Hift, Vol. 3. Dendr, p74, Texhyatl. _Hernand. p. 413. Arbufeula Fa- 
maicenfis quingue peruts minut iffime dentiaris foltjs & caule pubefcentibus flofeu- 
lis ex inw foliorum gemellis. Plak, ‘Alm, p: 40. Phyt. Tab. 264. Fig: ¥. Arbuf- 
cula Famaicenfis peataneuros foliys craffis leviter dentatis, [uperna facie ferrugt- 
nea, prona candicante cr mollt lanugine villofise*Ejufd. ib. * Acttodendron 
Amerscanum pentaneuron folijs tralfis birfutis ad ambitum rarioribus ferris ex 
Infula Jamaica Fj. Mantilf. p. 4° An Atinodendrom Americanum trinerviuin 
foliis perexignis. Fy, ib? feu citi facie arbufcula Famaicenfis, folijs trinervjts, 
foribus & capfusis [par fim endt]centibus Ej. Alm. p.105? An Groffularia Ameri- 
cana plantagints folio ang ufliore hirfuto. Plum. Tournef., Inft. Pp: 640 9 
.«, This Shrub had feveral angular Stalks, rifing to about four Foot high, 
very thick cover’d with tuffet colour’d, long Hair, divided into feveral 
Branches, at about an Inth*and a-half’s Diftance, rifing out of the A/c 
of the Leaves \whtch. are fer oppofite to. one-another, {tanding on a 
quarter of an Inch long Footitalks ; they*were four Inches long and 
almoft two broad in the Middle, where broadeft, from the Footftalk in- 
creafing tothe Middle, and thence decreafing to the Point, being a lit- 
tle corrugated on its Surface, “ofa yeHowifh green Colour, having fome 
. large Nerves, taking their Beginning from the Footftalk’s End, running 
thro’ the Leaf with feveraP tranfverfe ones, like the Malabathrunpor Cin- 
»mamon.Kind, and being all over very hoary, with a ruffet colourd, 
_ long, fofe Hair. The Hruit ftands’om the Ends of the Twigs, being 
a crown’d, oval, fmooth blue Berry, almoft as big’ as a Nutmeg. It has a 
pentapetatous Flower whichis white according to Maregr. but E never 
faw it. ¥ There 
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