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The Natural Hiftory of JAM AY CA. 
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XIV. Cerafo forte affinis arbor racemofa, folijs laurinis ex adverfo nafcenti- 
bus fubtus albicantibus, flore pentapetalorde. Car. Fam. p. 169. Tab. 189. Fig. 4. 
Ratj. Hist. Vol. 3. Dendr, p. 46. 
‘The Branches of this ‘Tree, which was very near if not altogether the 
fame with the Precedent, had a whitifh ftriated, fmooth Bark, under 
which was a white folid Wood, it had towards the Ends, Leaves ftand- 
ing oppofite to one another, at about half an Inch’s Diftance, on ore 
third of an Inch long Footftalks, about three Inches long and half ds 
broad in the Middle, where broadeft, and from whence it decreafes to 
both the Beginning and Ending, having one middle, and feveral tranfverfe 
appearing Ribs, being fmooth, of a dark green Colour above, and whit- 
ifh underneath. At the Top of the Branches ftand the Flowers in Bunches 
on branch’d Footftalks, many of them together, being fmall and divided 
into five Sections, at the Orx, having feveral Stamina within in their 
Middle. | iia: 
~ Tfound it inthe Woods of this Ifland. 
XV. Fa/ininum, periclymeni folio, flore albo, fractu flave, rotundo, tetrapy- 
reno. Cat. Jam. p. 169. Tab. 204. Fig. 1. Ratj. Hist Vol. 3. Dendr. 
This Tree rifes to about eight or nine Foot high, having feveral Truncs 
cover’d with a clay colour’d or grey Bark, like that of Dogwood ; the 
Branches have many Twigs, with feveral Leaves two Inches long and one 
broad, of a yellowifh green Colour, a little rough and hoary on the upper 
Side, and fomething refembling the Leaves of Periclymenum, ftandin 
on half Inch long Footftalks ; the Flowers are many together on the Ends 
of the Branches, ftanding on fmall Footftalks, having a green Capfula, and 
in it a white Monopetalous Flower, the Margin whereof is deeply divi- 
ded into five Sections, to which fucceed fpherical Berries, as big as large 
Peas, fmooth, of an Orange Colour, containing in a thin Pulp. of rhe 
fame Colour, four triangular Stones fet fo together as ro appear to 
make one round Kernel. 
Ir grows in the Savanna Woods every where. 
XVI. Falminum laurinis foltjs, flore palide luteo, frucu atroceruleo, poly- 
pyreno, venenato.” Cat. Fam. p.169. Tab. 204. Fig. 2. Raij. Hist. Vol, 3 
Dendr: p: 63. An Falminum Virginianum flore albo laurifolium. Banifter, Cat. 
Plant. Virg? An Fafminum arborefcens, folijs folani, baccis nigro-violaceis. 
Plum. Tournef. Inft. p. 598 ? Q 
Poifon-Berries. 
This Tree has a whitifh, fmooth Bark, covering a ftreight Trunc, ri- 
fing to feven or eight Foot high, the Branches are many {pread on ever 
Hand, fet towards their Ends with many Leaves on fhort Foottftalks, 
fmooth, long, of a dark green Colour, growing larger to the Middle, and 
then decreafing toa Point; the Flowers are many, coming out among the 
Leaves, of a very pale yellow Colour, monopetalous, tho’ their Margin be 
very deeply notch’d by five Notches, making them feem five pointed or 
pentapetalous, having a long Tubulus or Cup, by which they are fe- 
verally faften’d to the fame Foorftalk, to each of which follows a black- 
ifh blue, or deep Purple Berry, oval in Shape, as big as a Field Pea, 
ayn within a very juicy Pulp, a great many flat Seeds, all of the fame 
olour. 
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