42 IIORTUS JAr-.IAICEr:5I3. pamkos 



ill terror ones grr.uua'iij- smaller; corolla four, fivo, or six, petals, roundish, sproadlnG;, 

 concave : stamina niiuiy siuijiie fiiamcnti, willi simple anthers grov.inii- to tlie si.le 

 ortheti[); tiie pistiliuni has an ovate-ubiong gernien, no style ; stig-iiia starred, 

 flat, obtuse, pcTinanent ; cap.sulc ovate, iriarkeu with furrows, celleJ, the vaU es 

 bursting in a radiate manner ; seeds numerous,, ovate, covered with pjip, affixed 

 lo a columnar angalated receptacle. The female nectary is formed l>y a coalition 

 of the anthers, inclnding the germ. Some of the flmvers are sterile with respect 

 to the male, and others nithT'resjrect to the female or^aiis. One soccies is kuoua 

 to be a native of Jamaiea : 



FLAVA. YEI.LOAV. 



Tcrebiiithiis folio singiilari vnii altifo, rolundo, sncciilentc, fiore tetrad- 

 pctalo pallide lufco, fn<cfu:)imjore monap^yremi. Sloane, v. 2, p,, 

 9 1, t. 200, f. 1 . ylrborca fcliis crassis nitidis, obovalQ sub rotund is , 

 Jiorihus solitariii. Browne, 23,6. 

 Leaves veinless ; flowers fonr-petalled. 

 This plant grows very commonly in Jamaica, generally to the height of fourteen to 

 twenty feet. The flowers are produced at the ends of'tho branches, having a thick suc- 

 culent cover. The perianth consists of four rows of imbric.ited scales, aiternatel}- three 

 and two ; corolla foin- thick fle.sliy oblong screw shaped pale yellow petals ; the stamens 

 numerous, standing in the form of a. licJlow sided square ; the germ th;ck, rounuishj 

 obtusely quadrangular, with twelve distinct stigmns-in. a circle round tlie top of it ; the- 

 capsule thick, roundisb, many valved, twelve-celled^ containing many ror.ndish seeds 

 in a saffron coloured pulp. "Wherever the trunk or brandies are wounded, they throw 

 out a thick resinous gnm, said sometimes to be u>ed as a vulnerary, but has no smell 

 or pungent taste. This plant may. be propagated by seeds or cuttings,, and grows.in al- 

 most any soil. 



This tree is so called because so much balsam comes from it, even from the bark.- 

 Jeaves, and fruit. Sir IL Sloane tiibes it amongst his /t'r(/;;'/.^?, or turpentine trees; 

 but it is in no respect like any of the fir kind, it is ccrtiiin. It hath. very thick, round,' 

 and brittle leaves, and, when broke, comes out a milky juice, wliich immediately turns 

 yellow, and sticks to the fingers like hjrd-lime ; tiie fruit is tlie bigness of a genetin, or 

 Indian wild fig, and fuU.of giim. If 30U cut, the barkof tlie trce^ ini.'nediateiy comes- 

 out a vellow gum, but without scent. I question not but the. gum would be of grcab 

 use, if experienced ; for we know not as yet the virtues of it, nor ever could meet with 

 any that could give rne any medicinal wse of it ; if the Inoians know, they keep the use 

 of it to themselves. They growiin greatplenty in Jamaica ; and are so plentifal in most' 

 parts of America, that in some places they mix this gum juice with tallow:, and paint-" 

 their canoes and boats .with it, , to make them glide through the v.ater, and preserve 

 t]iem from worms. Barhavu /). 14. 



EAMEOO. ARUXDO. 



Ci.. 3, OR. 2. Triandria Digyiiia. Nat. or. Gramiria. 

 .This name has been derived from the Latin word area, because it soon beccms.s dsv. 



