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Jatropha integerrima. Spicy Jatropha. 

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CAt/j and Order. 



MONCECIA MONADELPHIA. 



Generic Charatler. 



Cal. (fepius) o. Cor. l-petala, infundibuliformis. Stam. 10. 

 aherna breviora. 



Fem. Cal. (faepias) o. Cor. i-pctala, patens. S/j'/i 3 — 2-fidi. 

 Cap/. 3-locularis. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 

 JATROPHA integerrhna ; calyculata, caule arborco, foliiscor- 



datis integerrimis angulatifve, floribus dichotomo-panicu- 



latis dioicis. 

 JATROPHA integerrhna ; foliis ovatis acuminatis integerrimis 



glaberrimis, racemis fubcymofis. Jacq. Amer. p. 256. /. 183. 



f. 47. IVilld. Sp. PL 4. p. 559. Perfoon Syn. 2. p. 587. 



This fplendid Jatropha, which even exceeds in brilliancy 

 of colour the pandur<efolia (No. 604), was introduced into this 

 country from the Ifland of Cuba, by the late Mr. Fraser, of 

 Sloanc-Square. If it fhould fortunately be as eafily propagated 

 as its kindred fpecies, it will prove a valuable addition to our 

 ftove plants. 



That this tree is dioecious, we prefume; not only from not 

 being able to find an individual female flower, but becaufe none 

 of any kind is produced in the dichotomy of the panicle : the 

 fituation in which alone the female flowers occur in its kindred 

 fpecies, the pandurafolia. 



The bark, when dry, is flrongly aromatic, not unlike in fmell to , 

 Winter's bark, but extremely fiery to the tafte, affecting the fauces 

 with the fame durable acrimony, fo common to the natural order 

 of tricocc<e. 



We have no doubt but that it is the Jatropha integerrhna of 

 J acq u in, which this author fays is cultivated in gardens in the 

 Havannah, for the fake of its beautiful fcarlet flowers, an inch 

 »n diameter. In dried fpecimens brought over by Mr. Fraser, 

 and now in the Herbarium of A. B. Lambert Efq. moll of 

 the leaves are quite entire, fome with here and there an angular 

 procefs; and the pubefcence, fo confpicuous in our drawing, 

 feems, by the fpecimens, to be loft in plants that are further 

 advanced. 



