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H^MATOXYLUM CAMPECHIANUM. 
LO G WOOD. 
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STNONTMJ, l^iGiivu Qau 
fol 
Fharm, Lond. ^ Edi 
Hsematoxylum fpinofum, foliis pmnatis, racemis terminalibus 
Broivnes Y 
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221. 
Lignum Campechianuiii, fp 
qusedam 
Brafil. Vide Shanes Jam, vol. 2. p 
Crifta pavonis Coro 
nill^ folio fecund 
fi 
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doria Indica, flora luteo 
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emofo 
minore, filiqua latiilima 
labra 
gnum rubrum, Sappan didum 
ferens. Breyn, Prodr, 2. 37. Erythroxylum, five lignum rubrum 
Indicuni' fpinofiffimum, colutea^ foliis, floribus luteis, filiquis 
maximis 
Herm. Par, Bat. ^ 3 3- H^ematoxyl 
3. p. 754. Miller^ s Dt£l, yacqiun^ Ob. B 
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ng 
20. 
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C/^} Decandria. Order Monogy 
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Z/. G^;/. PZ 
525 
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V- 
jE^ (?^?/. Cy&. C(2/. 5 partitus. Petala 5. Cj^ 
laris, 2-valvis : valvis navicularibus 
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THE Campecliianum is the only fp 
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liitherto difcovered 
It IS 
of the Hsematoxyl 
much fmaller tree than the Guaiacum 
d both the trunk and the branch 
J, 
are extremely crooked, and 
d with dark-coloured rough bark ; the fmaller ramifications 
numerous 
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ofe 
prickly, or befet v^ith ftrong." fharp fp 
the 
are pmnated, generally compofed of four or five pair of 
gular oval fhape, obliquely nerved, and obtufely 
of 
fmuated at the top 
flowers grow in racemi 
clofe 
terminal fpikes, and appear in March ; the calyx divides 
g 
oblong obtufe fegments, of a brownifli purpl 
fi 
the petals 
the 
five, patent, obtufely lance-fliaped, and of a reddifh yellow , 
ftamma are fomewhat hairy, tapering, of unequal length, fliorter than 
d oval ; the fl:yle is nearly 
the 
and the antheras 
fmall 
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he length of the ilamina, and the germen becomes a long double 
valve d 
