| The Natural Hiftory of J AM ni C AY 
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I found this moft elegant Plant firft,in aWood above Mr. Batchelor’s hishae 
on this Side Black-River Bridge, and afterwards on the Red-Hills upon 
the right Hand of the Road’ going to Guanaboa. gud) 
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XVII. Opuntia non [pinofa minima caaleftens, folijs pilofis ftrittiffimis, 
crenis foliorum fructum ce florem proferens. Cat. Fam. p. 216, An Nopalxoch 
cuez-altiquirs. Hern, p. 292, 457? Canambaya’ Maregr: p. 78? Opuntia. 
forte affints Sirinamenfis, efoliorum crenis nova folia produtens, Hort. Beau- 
mont. Pp. 19. Phyllanthos Americana finuofis foltis longis, craffis & carnofis Oa 
puntia in modum florigera Plukenet. Phyt. Tab. 247. Fig. §. Epiphyllum A- 
mericanum. Herm. par. Bat. prod. add. Ficus Indica /colopendr1e folio, ept- 
phyllitis. Herm. par. Bat, Cat. p- 8. Ficus feu Opuntia non fpinofa fcolopendriz 
folio finuato, Ratj. Hift, Vol. 3. Dendr. p. 2t. | 
This Plant had feveral long Strings or Thongs, which had Roots and 
Fibrils to take Nourifhment by, having ftrong. Nerves’ in -their 
Middle, which whited made a pretty large Root, and feat up! @ 
round afh-colour’d Stalk, from whence went feveral’ Leaves, which 
nt firft were very -hairy,.and afterwards came to be about a Foot 
Jong and an Inch broad in the Middle, where broadeft, and from 
whence they decreas’d to both Extremes. The Leaves had an Inch lon 
Foorftalks and a Nerve running through their Middles. They had al- 
fo round Indentures on their Edges, and were of a pale green Colour. 
Out of the Indentures or Notches of the Leaves came the Fruit which 
was fmall, comprefs’d, and like the others°of)this Kid having {mall 
Seeds within ‘its Pulp.. The Stalk of this: when cleared of the fuccu- 
lent Part fhew’d its cancellated, reticulated. Hibers as others of this 
Kinds, 
This grew in Ffamaica, and was brought thence to Sir Arthur Rawdon 
by ‘fames Harlow, and given ime by Dr. Sherard. 
XVIII. Echinomelocactos Cla. Cat. fam. p- 198. Melocardaus fulcis rettis 
fpinis ad angulos appofitis major Bob. Hift.Ox. p. 3. p.170. An Melocaétus 
purpurens Strits tn [pints tntortts. Plumier. Tournef. P- 563 ? pl. Amer. p.19 ? 
Ficoides [2u Melocactos Americana tomentofo captte fulcis rectis. Plukenet. Alm, 
p. 148. An Ficoides feu Melacactos Americana major falcis obligquis, Bj. ib. Fi- 
coides, feu Melocattos major longtoribus aculeds donata, Ejufd. ib? Echenomelo- 
cadius five Melocardaus echinatus Indie occidentalis Coutant, p. 2. Echinomes 
locactus major tomentofo capste, coftis rectis, Herm. par. Bat. p. 135. 
Turk’s-Heads, 
This has a great many Foot long, round,’ ftrong and ‘white Thongs 
for Roots, ftretch’d out on every Hand under the Surface of the Grouad, 
which fend up a very ftrange Plant, or Mafle, it feems to be only one 
Joint of the former Plants, is about one, two, or three Foot high, 
about three Foot in Circumference at Bottom, where it is largeft, and 
tapers towards the Top; it has very deep Channels, Purrows or Sulcz 
in it, ftreight for the moft Part, tho’ fometimes they vary and are 
crooked. On the Eminencies or Ribs between the Furrows ftand in 
Rows, Tufts of Prickles, rayed Star-fafhion; they are white and longer 
than thofe of the Prickly-Pear, and very fharp. Ihe Skin of this Plant 
isofa dark green Colour, thick/and juicy, like that of Aloes, and in the 
Infide it is full of an infipid, whitifh green Pulp, which fome People 
fay after boiling is eatable, but I could nog find it very favoury. On the 
Top of this comes up a Head rifing an Inch or two, more or lefs above the 
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