size. The trunk is handsome, straight, forming a very lofty, 
thick, and beautiful pyramid. In the younger trees, the 
bark is brown, then ash-coloured, and finally white, with 
yellow spots ; very smooth and even, but sometimes hanging 
down in slender shreds, it has an astringent, somewhat 
aromatic flavor. The timber is very hard, red, and pon- 
derous, capable of being polished and used for mill-cogs 
and other purposes where much friction is required. The 
eid branches are sharply four-angled and green ; their 
eaves three to four inches long, of a very sweet aromatic 
smell, and on account of their agreeable astringency, often 
used as sauce. The flowers are small, white, with a slightly 
reddish tinge ; the berries round, as large as peas, having an 
aromatic smell and taste, which render them agreeable for 
culinary purposes ; they contain seven or eight seeds.” 
The tree is a native of several of the West Indian Islands, 
and is called in Grenada, Bois d’Inde. Browne says, it is 
common in Antigua and Jamaica, as well as Barbadoes, and 
generally attains a considerable size; that it fills the woods 
with the fragrant smell of its leaves, nearly resembli 
that of Cinnamon, but its bark has none of the warm 
of that of Cinnamon, though the berries much resemble 
Cloves, both in form and flavour. It is commonly called 
Wild Cinnamon, or Wild Clove Tree ; and is said to be the 
Bayberry of Hucus. 
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Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Section of the Germen. 
