The Natural Hiftory of 1 AM AICA. 
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whitifh yellow, fmall, fet very thick and clofe to one another, round 
an Inch and a half long Stalk or Spike, exactly like a Julus; three’ or 
four of thefe Spikes are fet on the fame Inch and a half long Foot- 
ftalk, feveral of which come from the Ends of. the Twigs. Te 
thefe Flowers follow a great many very fmall Orange colour’d, fmooth, 
Berries, about the Bignefs of a fmall Pin’s-Head, having within a thin 
Pulp, a fingle large Acinus or Stone, which hath in a very: thin and brits: 
tle Shell a large Kernel in Proportion to the Fruit. . 
It grows on the red Hills and on the other Woody Hills of this Ifland, 
very plentifully. ! 
This refembles very much the Maz/-Elou, H.:M..p.: p A che lie ai 
in fome Things differing from it, but it feems rather to be the Molago- 
Maram, Ej. p» 49+ oo 
The Pulp of thefe Berries is fo dry and litile, that ic may be doubted 
whether they ought not to be reckon’d amongit thofe fracta per maturi- 
tatem ficco, but the Evonymi and fome others reckon’d Bacciferous wil 
keep them here. | 
XXIX. Baccifera trifolia racemofa, flofculis albis tetrapetalis, fracta nigro 
monopyreno fatido. Cat. Jam, p.170- Ray Hift. Vol. 3. Denirop: 60. Arbor 
FJamatcenfis denfiort tilie folio triphylos floribus' coactins feu: [piffius dispofitie 
ed le Tab. 147. Fig. 5. .296+ Fig. 3 An Iperoba Brafits Maregr. Lib. 3. 
» Fis i pba pS EO 1 : 
i Anis Shrub rifes to fix or feven Foot high, with a ftreight Trunc, 
whofe Bark is almoft fmooth, and of a dark brown Colour ; the Branches 
Ends fuftain very many Leaves, three always together, of a frefh green 
Colour, ftanding on an Inch long Footftalk ; the Ends: of the Twigs 
are branch’d into a great many Footftalks, fuftaining many tetrapeta- 
lous, {weet fcented Flowers, very fmall and white, to which followas 
many black, round Berries bigger than a Pepper-Corn, {mooth and con- 
taining in a blackifh, ftinking Pulp, one white oval Stone or Seed, 
made up of a thin brittle Film, and a green, pretty large Kernel. | 
Ic grows about the Banks of the Reo Cobre near the Town. of. St. 
Jaga de la Vega, a 
XXX. Baccifera, fruticofa, flore luteo pentapetaloide, fructu purpureo mo- 
nopyreno. Cat. Jams p:.170. Raij. Hift. Vol. 3. Dendr. p. 60% . d 4005 
This:Shrub fends out’ a Stalk cover’d witha reddifh, brown Barki; the 
Branches are jointed and rife to four or five Foot high; the Leaves 
ftand oppofite ome to another on very fmall Footftalks, ac the Ends 
of the Twigs, being three Inches long and one broadian the Middle 
where broadeft, narrow at the Beginning and. End, of.a yellowith green 
Colour, to whichfollows a-Purple Berry, bigger than a Pepper-Corn, 
containing inva Purple Pulp, one irregularly figur’d, white Stone. 
It grew near the Town of St. Fago dela Vega in feveral Places. 
XXXII. Berberis fructu fruticofa vacemofa, fraxini folio alato, fruttu nigro 
dipyreno. Cat. Famep. 170. Tab.208.. Fig. 2. Rat]. Hifi Vol. 3. Dendr. 
This Shrub rifes to nine or ten Foot high, having» a ‘Trunc, about 
the \Bignefs of ones Arm, cover’d with\an almoft: fmooth, dark brown 
Bark with fome white Spots.on it, the Twigs have at their. Ends fea 
veral: Leaves placed without any Order, winged, and very like’ thofe 
of Afh;. the Pinnx are for the moft Part odd in Number, :being feven 
very often fet on, at’ an Inch’s Diftance, to, themiddle Rib againft one. _ 
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