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The Natural Hiflory of JAMAICA. 
IV. Palma non [pino[a humilis fructu racemo/o prunsformt, minimo, pili mag- 
nitudine. Cat. fam. p.177. Raty Hift. Vol.3. Dendr. p.3. An the Palm- 
Tree of Dampier? Palma humilis, cocifera, latifolia major. Plum. pl. Am: 
pe 3! 
Palmeto-Royal, 
This Palm-Tree grows toabout 15 Foot high, witha ftreight, round, 
clay or grey colour’'d Trunc, as thick as one’s Thigh, the Marks of the 
fatien off Footftalks appearing all along to the Top; the Leaves are a- 
bout the Length and Shape of thofe of the Coco-Nut-tree, only in every 
Refpedt lefs, of a greener Colour, and never bow’d downwards as the 
Leaves of that Tree are before they drop. The Fruit’ ftands on a two 
Foot loag Foot{talk, and is branch’d into a great many Foot long round 
Twigs; the Fruit itfelf ftands on thefe Twigs without any Footftalk, they 
are numerous, round, as big as a Rouncjval Pea, fmooth, green, having 
a very thin, {weetifh Pulp, covering a fmall Nut, quite full of a fweet, 
white Kernel. . | 
They grow very plentifully in the Inland Mountains of Famaica by 
Gully and River Sides,as on Mount-Diablo ; on the Rivers Sides, in the 
Mountains between St. Mary’s and Sixteen-Mile-Walk, and on Réo Dora 
Banks very plentifully; and about Pore Marcquts, Dampier. | 
The Leaves of this Tree whiten’d by the Air, is made into Womens 
Hats, fuch as our Straw Hats, to keep their Beauty and Colour from the 
Injuries of the Sun. e9V010) 
Dr. Plukenet, p.144. of his Mantiffa, thinks this to be the fame with 
the precedent, which are extremely, different one from the other, 
ON: Palma’ non {pinofa humillima. Cat) Fam, p: 977: Ratj. Hift. Vol. 2, 
Dendr. p. 3. An Palma apron i non’ fpinofa humilis folio multifcéffo 
flabelliformt Ampane Malabar haud abfimili, Plakenet,Tab. 1. Fig. 1? An 
Palma famaicenfis non [pinofa humilis Bambu folijs arundinum rity incifis. 
Pluk: Phyt. Tab. 51. Alm.p. 277° A Sort of Dwarf Palm called by the 
Spantards Pa/meto-Royal of Dampier. cap.g. An Palma humilis cocifera latifolia 
minor. Plum. pl. Am. p. 3? Palma pranifera humilis non [pinofa, infule Hif- 
paniole, frutiu Ffujubino fimilis, oficulo triangulo. Commelin. Flort, Amft. p.rwr. 
| The Small Palmeto- Royal. 
. This feems to be in every’ thing the fame with the former, only ie:rifes 
not above aFoot out of the Ground, and has its Leaves almoft as large 
as thofe of the greater, : Bee es 32619 
‘ It ‘grows on the Road going to Sixteen-Mile-Walk, and in other 
aces. } a s ‘Po winil $y : {j Bie 8 sete ‘ FOR . 
The Leaves of this are fometimes tis’d for Thatch. 2°) 20) vd bolus 
This Thatch if well laid-on will indure: five or fix’ Years; it is more 
ferviceable and lafting than that of Palmeto, thefe Trees crow ia Famaiea; 
Darien and Campeche, Depew Wet 93 if od T 
VI. Palma non {pinofa, folijs minoribus, frutta pruniformi minimo. Cat, 
J4m. p. 172. Raij. Hift. His 3:° Denar. ie deus vnoniat olijs. po- 
lygonath- brevioribas leviter Jerratiés & nonnihil [pinofis, trunco-craffoy “Breyn. 
Plak. Phyt. Tab, 103. Fig. 2. Fab. 09: F's 2 Palen “Americana won 
[pino/4, cr affis rigidi/q; folijs, candice 3 ro im caput protuberante. P. B p. 
Herm, p. 361 ? The 
