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 WALNUT, INDIAN. See Aleurites molucana. 



WATER LEMON. See Passiflora laurifolia. 



WATER WITHE. See Vitis caribjsa. 



WINE PALM. See Caryota urens. 



WORM GRASS. See Spigelia anthelmia. 



XIMEN1A AMERICANA, Linn. 

 Mountain Plum. 



Tropics. A tree ; leaves simple; flowers white, in clusters; fruit 

 yellow, size of a plum. 



Fruit. Pulp, of a pleasant sub-acid taste, with a slight ^stringency. 



YAM BEAN. See Dolichos tuberosum 



YACOA. See Podocarpus coriaceus, & P. Purdieanus. 



YELLOW SANDERS. See Bucida capitata. 



YOKE WOOD. See Catalpa longissima. 



ZANTKOXYLUM CLAVA-HERCULIS, Linn. 



Prickly Yellow. 



Native of West Indies. A tree, 20-50 feet high, with pinnate 

 leaves; flowers small, clustered in bunches. (Rutacece.) 



Wood. "This wood is of a light yellow colour, saws readily straight, 

 grows to 40 or 50 feet in height and 2 feet diameter at the butt, not 

 considered durable for outside work." (Harrison.) 



Bark. Considered a powerful stimulant and sudorific, diuretic, 

 and febrifuge. Used in rheumatism, paralysis of tongue, and as a 

 febrifuge. 



Bark of Root, dried and powdered, is applied to sores. Infusion 

 said to be antispasmodic. 



" Throughout the island, especially common in the eastern districts 

 up to 3,000 feet. A tall tree ; with very cylindrical trunk, diameter 

 up to three feet. The young growth cut for walking sticks on ac- 

 count of its rugged spines, which burst up through the bark. As a 

 timber it is of a light yellow colour, and not considered durable when 

 exposed in exterior work. Other species of this genus abounds, but 

 do not attain any size." (Hooper.) 



