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The Natural Hiftory of JAMAICA. 
1 do not queltion but a very fweet fmelling Efence might be made of 
this Flower, 
The Wood is very much ufed in Buildings, cc. 
There is another Sort of this with a finger’d or palmated Leaf, grow- 
ing to be one of the largeft Trees in the Ifland, with the like Bark with 
this, concerning which I know nothing, only that in felling it, when they 
come near the Pith, a Water fpurts out which ts ufed to be drank by 
fome here in Lieu of fair Water. 
XXVI. Berberis fructu, arbor baccifera racemofa, folijs integris acuminatts, 
frattu rotundo monopyreno, Cat. ‘fam. p. 170. 
This Tree rifeth to about thirty or forty Foot high, by a Trunc as 
thick as ones Thigh, cover’d over in feveral Places, with almoft loofe, 
round Pieces of Bark, of a grey Colour, under which ts a fmooth, reddifh 
brown Bark. Ic has towards its Top, feveral Branches on every Hand, 
the Twigs having here and there, feveral Leaves coming out alternative- 
ly, ftanding on an eighth of an Inch long Footftalks, being two Inches 
long,and a quarter of one broad in the Middle where broadeft, ending ina 
Point; they arefmooth, of a very deep Grafs green Colour, having a 
middle Rib and fome tranfverfe ones running to the Sides from it, At 
the Tops of the Twigs come Strings, three Inches long, containing fe- 
veral roundifh, green Berries, faften’d to it by very fhort Footftalks, which 
have within a very {mall Pulp a thin, brown, Shell, in which is contain’d 
a Kernel, purple on the outfide, | 7 
Ic grew in a Wood between Two-Mile-Wood and the Town of St. 
Fago ae la Vega. > diwell 
XXVIII. Rhamnuas foliis buxeis minimis confertim nafcentibus, [pints longis 
armata,. Cat. Fam. \p. 216. Tab. 207. Fig... Raj. Hifi Vol. 3. Denar. 
; This Shrub was woody, cover’d with a fmooth, greenifh Bark,-from 
which went fevetal Leaves growing in Tufts together, three or four atthe 
fame Place, each whereof was fmall, of the Confiftence of Box Leaves, 
fmooth, green, narrow at the Beginning; growing wider to the End 
where they, were roundifh, from thefe Reaves come out two Thorns 
about half an Inch long, green and fharp,;:among them alfo comes the 
Fruit, which is fmall, anda feemingly coronated Berry, fo that I am 
not certain if it ought to continue there »or not. 
It grew in Famazca whence it was brought by Fames Harlow, and given 
me by Dr. Sherard. “dato zor f Jiovisl ola ‘to ono oF 3 4 
XXVUI. Baccifera Indica trifolia, fracku rorundo monopyreno. Raij. Hiff. 
p. 1593, Molago Maram. Hort. Mal... Part 5¢\\p-49. Tab. 42. Cat. Fam. p. 
170, 146, 208. Fig.1. <Arbufcula Famatcenfis baccifera hedera V irginiane, 
foltjs craffioribus fubtus lanuginofis. Plakenet.s Alm. p. 48, & 49. Tab. 267: 
Fig. 4. Phyt. ; ai bsoid tisd s brs coo bas i 
This Tree rifeth to about thirty Foot high with a Trunc about thé 
Thicknefs of ones Thigh, cover’d with an Afh-colour’d, fmooth browi- 
ifh Bark, the Arms and Branches {preading’themfelves on every Hand, 
at the, Kads of the ‘wigs (which with ehe: eaves. Footftalks are ruffet 
colourid and hairy) come the Leaves withoutany Order, three always toge- 
ther oa the fame.2, Inches long Footftalks from the‘Top of which they take 
their Beginning, being each ot them four Inches and a half long, and* two 
Inches broad in the.Middl¢e:wheré. broadeft, ‘ofa very dark green Co- 
lour above, and woolly underneathhocTheé Blowers “are very numerous; 
3 whitifh, 
