V 



212 



T 



qual, lance-fliap 



b 



outwards, and triple the len 



they are inferted 



g 



of th 



c 



nedarmm is compofed of 



e 



airy fcales, inferted at the bafe of the filaments 



theft 



amina 



are ten, Fi 



eqii 



;i 



1 



about the length of the corolla, and fur 



niihed with long anthers : 



the 



I 



an orbicular ihap 



a^ 



ii 



d mar 



d 



pt 



IS a 



w 



ith ten furrows. 



flefliy fubft 



V 



fl 



(accord 



to Dr. Wright 



w 



ofe 



figure 



we have given 



which 



pro 



the 



s 

 1 



found at J 



male flower : it is 



farnifhed 



mce, of 

 The 



of the male 

 on the fame tree 



fl 



eermina adherinir t 



o 



lennth 



of tb'" 



fc> 



3g 



corolla, 



the 



ftyle is c 



difn 



and divided 



ylindrical, ered, abo 

 top into five recurved per 



the fruit is an oval, black, fmooth, fiefhy, foft pulp 



fiftent ftigmata : 



or drupa ; the number of thefe drupse is five on each common recep 



tacle, but fe 



than two or three arrive at perfed maturity 



hen each contains an oblong pointed nut with a flattilh kernel 



It* 1 o o r-i o 



t IS a 



i.lU 



America and the Weft Indies, and flowers in April. 

 Although the medicinal bark, which the roots of this tree are known 



fiift imported into Europe in the year 171 3, it is but 

 the Simaruba was botanically afcertained 



f 



Ui 



ye 



ni 



n 



cid 



Linnsus at firft fiippofed it to be the Piftacia foliis pinnatis dt„„„.., 

 foliolis ovatis ; but in, the fecond edition of his Species plantarum and 



Mat. Med 





ded 



as t 



Burfera eummifi 



d both thefe 



:enera are referred to the Terebinthus major. of Sioane or the B 



of Brown 



However Jacquin, who examined the 

 d compared its bark with that of Simaruba, 



turpentme-tree 

 root of the Burfu 



found it to be very different. ^Linnseus therefor 



on the Mat. Med. publiflied in 



his obferv 



77 



2 



3 



very properly mentions it 



among thofe plants which are not fuftkiently" determined 

 this time the Sim.aruba tree was difcoverpd and inveftio-ated at G 



About 



by Aublet, and at Jamaica by Dr. Wr 



d 



e 



b 



tly appears to be 

 defcribed by the 



Quafli 



d 



iD 



from whofe fp 



name it has fine 



-^ ,,, . , - , younger Linnxus in the Supp. ^Plantarum 



Dr. Wright, to -"^--'^ 1 .... . rr 



favs. "in 1773, fpecimens of the frud 



whofe bot 



f 



ays, 



maica) 



to my, late 



Univerfity 



we are much indebted 



s 



accompanied 



fi 



(from J 



y friend D 



r. 



of Edinbul-gh 



alfo 



Hop 



Profeflb 



account of 



r 



me dried- bark 



of Botany 



th 



the roots. 



The 



