The Natural Fiiflory of JA M AIG a 
thin Pulp, one Stone of the fame Shape, each Berry bei n 
the common Petiolus of the Racemus, fy a half Inch (aa Be ea mo 
Bark of the ‘Trunc is whitifh or grey, almoft f{mooth, only here and 
there the old Bark is raifed from the new, in Spots of about the Bignefs 
of the Palm of ones Hand, and fticks very flenderly to the Tree, read 
to drop off. Bisel | 
There comes on the Trunc of this Tree in feveral Places, black Spots 
of fhining Gum, or Refine, which if wetted by the Rain and touch’d 
fticks to the Skin, an icoff withit. ., - , ied iy 
Ic grows on the Red-Hills, in the Woods very plenti | 
in aaa other Places of the Ifland. VP : ually, A well as 
It is affirm’d very confidently in this Iland by People who pretend 
to have feen it, that wild Hogs when wounded, by natural Inftin@: 
come to this Tree, where, by rubbing its Balfam on their Wounds, 
they are cured, from whence this Tree hath its common Name, and i 
very underftanding Black affur’d me“he faw a wounded Hog go to 
this Tree for, Relief, but had: been fo hurt, that. he expired on its Roots. 
The Berries are very much coveted for Food, and eaten by all Sorts of 
wild Pigeons. “ | | 
The common Practice of tiiofe who have try’d the liquid Balfam of this 
Tree call’d Hoggum, with good Succefs, is to give a quarter of an Ounce 
toa Man in Strength, in all Cafes where Vomiting and Purging is nes. 
ceflary, thisis by them faid to be moft excellent and effeual, efpecially in 
Colic, Jaundice, Rheumatifm, and all Chronical Difeafes, it’s beft to be 
taken ina Glafs of Water, and will, as they believe, certainly Vomit in ten 
or fifteen Minutes Time after taking it, with all the Pleafure defirable, 
without making the Perfon fick or caufing any Uneafinefs. After drinking 
a Dith of Water-Gruel, it will ufually give three or four very large Stools ; 
it’s reckon’d a Secret in all Venereal Cafes and all Difeafes of the Urethra, 
as Gravel, Stone or other Stoppages in the Bladderor Kidneys, © 
III. Tercbinthus folio fingulari non alato, rotundo, fuceulento,  flore tetrapé- 
talo pallide Luteo, frutty majore monopyreno. Cat, fam. Pp. 167: 4b. 200. Kic. 
1. Raij Hift Vol. 3, Dendr.. p. 51+, Cenchramiden arbor faxts adnafcens, a. 
rotundo pingui folio. fracu pemiforms in plurimas. capfules granule fculned 
lo columnayt. bexagono praduro.adharentta continentes divifo, balfamum fun 
dens. Plukenet. Tab. 157. Fig.,2, Almag. p. 92. | An tepeamatl. Hernandez. 
p. 409° An arbor relinitora Lact. lib. 17.cap. 28.2 
The Balfam-Tree. 
This. Tree. rifes,to about twenty Foot high, having a Trunc about 
the Bignefs of one’s, Leg, cover’d. with a fmooth, reddifh, light brown 
colour’d. Bark, has. feveral Roots at about a Foot and a half’s Diltance 
fromthe Ground, ftriking into it, the Branches are many and fpread 
on every Hand rifing upwards, the Twigs are at their Ends befet with 
Leaves fer,oppofite:to one another, at one. eighth of an Inch’s Inger- 
val, they. ftand, on an eighth: of an Inch,long Footftalk, are almoft _ 
round, of about;two Inches. Diameter, very {mooth, thick, fucculent 
and of a,dark, green Colour, having fome few Ribs appearing in them ; 
the Tops of the Branches are divided into feveral Flowers made up of 
an 8th ofan Inch long fcaly Footftalk, a fcaly green Calix, four very thick 
whitifh Petala, within which are purplifh Stamina, and after which fol- 
lows avery large, fpherical,.. Breet or reddifh Berry, as big as the “Fop 
of one’s, thumb, -made up.of a thin Pulp and Skin, lying on the Stone 
or. Kernel, © | : Te 
