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The Natural Hiftory of JAMAICA. 
another, tho? fometimes they are not oppofite; each Pinna is about two 
Inches long and one broad in the Middle, where broadeft ; from the Ends 
of the Twigs hang down feveral Strings one Foot long, having at every 
half or quarter of an Inch’s Length, a Knot or Tuft of pale yellow, trian« 
gular, fmall Flowers, to which follow Berries oblong, red at firft, and after- 
wards blackifh, each of which inclofes two oblong, brown Acini or 
Stones, flat on one Side and round on the other, the whole looking 
ring of Berberies. 
ve ti E a Gully beyond the Town towards the Angels, and on 
the Road’s Side, between Paffage-Fort and the Town, very abundantly. 
Entada. H. M. p. 9. p. 15%» Tab. 77. is A-kin to this. 
XXXII. Baxi folio majore acuminato arbor baccifera, fructu minore, croceo, 
dipyreno, Cat. fam. p71. Tab. 209. Fig. 1. Ratj. Hist. Vol. 3. Dendr. 
p65. An Baxus lauri Alexandrina folijs accedens Americana, Pluk. Phyt. 
Tab. 80. Fig. 6. Alm. p. 74? 
This Tree rifeth by a Trunc as big as the fmall Part of ones Thigh, 
ftreight, cover’d with a whitifh green colour’d, fmooth Bark, to about - 
twenty or thirty Foot high, near the Top come out feveral crooked 
Branches, the Ends of which have feveral Leaves alternatively plac’d 
round. them at a quarter of an Inch’s Diftance, ftanding on an eighth 
of an Inch long Footftalks, they are an Inch long and three quarters 
of one broad in the Middle where broadeft, a little hollow, fmooth 
and of a yellowifh green, Colour, almoft like the Leaves of Box. The 
Fruit is‘a {mall round Berry, ftanding on the fixth of an Inch long 
Footftalk, ex:alis foliorum, not fo big as a: Pepper-Corn, having a thin 
almoft dry orange colour’d Skin, with two Seeds in their Capfula’s 
join’d together as if tefticulated. 
It grew nearthe fandy Road between the Craw? Plantation and Paf- 
fage-Fort. b rie a a 
XXXII. Baxi folio minore integro rotundo baccifera arbor frutlu minore 
dipyrenv, Cat. Fam. p. 171. Tab. 202, Fig, 3. Ray. Hift. Vol. 3. Dendr. 
. 66. 
J This Tree has a Trunc as thick as the Calf of one’s Leg, cover’d 
with a whitifh colour’d, almoft fmooth Bark ; the Top is ten or twelve 
Foot high; along the Twigs at every quarter of an Inch’s Diftance, 
are, Tufts of Leaves three or four together, coming out of a {mall Pro. 
tuberance ,; they have no Footftalks, and from a narrow Beginning are 
almoft round, of about three quarters of an Inch diameter, with a 
little Notch or Defe€t oppofite to the Stalk, fmooth, and of a yel- 
lowifh green Colour. The Berries are {mall, ftanding feveral together 
by Tufts, being almoft round, fmooth, of a reddifh Colour, containing 
under a very thin Pulp, a very hard Shell, in which lie two Stones 
join’d together each of which contains a very {mall white Kernek 
It grew on the Sands by Paffage-Fort. 
XXKIV. Myrti folio angufto acuminato, arbor racemofa baccifera, frutta 
fulcato feu cannulato dipyreno. Cat. Jam. p.17%. Tab. 209. Fig. 2: Raij. 
Hift. Vols 3s Dendy: pv66. | : | 
This Trée had a fihooth light colour’d Bark, and a Trunc rifing 
to about fifteen: Foot high, having a hard white: Wood, and feveral 
Branches whofe Leaves were at their Ends, placed moftly oppofite 
One to another, having ftarce any Fooititalks being near’ an Inch 
long, and about half as broad ia the Middle, where broadeft, and» whence 
they 
