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The Natural Hiflory of JAMAICA. 
XLUL. Arbor baccifera, folijs oblongts Acuminatis, flribus confer tim Cx 
alis folicrum erumpentibus fructu minino croceo. Cat, fam, p. 173. Tab, 211. 
Fig. 2. Raij. Hift. Vol. 3. Dendr. p. 75 
This Tree rifeth by a ftreight Trunc as big as ones Arm, to about 
fifteeen Foot high, having a white, fmooth Bark, like that of Hazel, 
it has many Branches, whofe Twigs are thick fer with Leaves at a- 
bout one third of an Inch’s Diftance alternatively, fo that if one 
take not very good Notice one would think the Twigs were wing’d 
Leaves; each Leaf ftands ona very fmall Footftalk, is two Inches long 
and three quarters of one broad in the Middle. where broadeft, {mooth, 
and of a yellow green Colour ; between ‘the Branches and thefe, come 
the Flowers, they are fo fmall as to be fcarce difcernible, .roundifht 
and pale green, many together and without Bootftalks, to which fol« 
low fo many Berries of an Orange Colour, bigger: than large Pins- 
Heads, confilting of a thin yellow Skin, very thin Pulp, and Acini or 
Seeds. 
It grows every where among the’ Low-land Woods near the Banks 
of the Rio Cobre, bclowthe Town of St Fago de la Vega, 
XLII. Agrifolium folio tenuiore magis acuminato & minus corrugato, [pi- 
nulis gracilioribus & longroribus armato, Cat. Fam. pi 173. Tab, 188. Fig. 
2.,,Raij: Hit. Vol. 3. Dendr, p. 71. An Mex Carolinienfis longes ce anguftis 
foltjs, [pints ad oras rarioribus, \Muf. Corten:an, forte Iex aculeata baccifera 
arborea minus ferax Virginiana, Pluken. Alm p.198? 
This feemed to be in every thing the fame with the Agrifoliuns 
Ger, ory Common Holly, only the Leaves - were!longer,’ more pointed, 
not, fg ‘uneven or fo much corrugated ;\.on the ,Edges were (many 
Prickles, longer and weaker than thofe of the.ordinary HollyyoThe 
Leaves likewife were not of fo deep a green Colour. 
It grew in a Wood near St. Chriffopher’s Cove, not far from the Ruins 
of the old Town of Sevilla det Ovo in Famaica, : 4 SOM 
XLIV. Heliotropy flore, frutex baccifer racemofus, folio rugofo, fatidd, 
maxtmo fubrotundo, hirfuto, fructz albo, Cat. Fam. p. 173. Tab. 212. Fig. 
1, Ray... Hist. Vol, 3. Dendr. p. 75... An. Heltotropium maximum Famatq 
cenfe limonia mali folio, fuprajcabro, fubtus lanugine fexraginea\ mollis: Plak, 
Alix p82 ?, An Heliotropium frute{cens Curalfauicum, odore> Salvin Herm. 
PABA PoP B4AE:T ofa povteniviea! ven satertes od gonnse I od , 2 
_ ‘This Shrub: rifes to three or four Foot, high, it chas.a gteene brittle 
Stem, having very. many. Eminences or ;Crefts on, its Surface irregularly 
placed ; it has) many Branches and, Leaves on, them, ftandiog on Inch 
anda half long Footftalks without any Order, they ave nine Inches long 
and three broad, a little curled, rugous or corrugated, and. withal hairy, 
of, aodark green Colour,,and very unfavory SmeH; the Top.of the. - 
Branches are, divided into,feveral Strings varioufly running) One,among: 
another, and reflected back, turn’d like-the Scorpion’s Tail, or He- 
liotropes, fuftaining on their upper Sides, a great many {mal long. 
Flowers, of a white Colour, to which follow as.umany. white, Berries, 
making an, unufual Figure inthe Hedges.) jioisy eo) poligindteG oi 
Ic grew in the clear’d woody Grounds near Sir Francis Wat/on’s Houfe 
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