BARBADOEs nORTUS JAMAICENSIS.^ jy 



This tree rises to aLout fifteen feet high, having several trunks cpvered vv'ith a clay 

 coloured smooth bark, and many brandies spreading out on aii sides, and iorming- a. 

 pleasant round head, sending out twigs two and two opposite to each other, covered 

 with opposite leaves ; for the most p^jrt tiie leaves arc roundish, smooth, very grfeen, 

 Iiaving very small footstalks an inch long and thtee quarters broad, among wnich ccnia 

 out the flowers, standing on hcdf incn long footstalkt, consisting of fi'/e {)etaia, each of 

 Tvhich is made spoon-fashion, being narrow at the beginning and rouim or broad to- 

 wards the end, and of a purpie colour. To these foliov/, on inch long footstalks, round 

 red fruit of the bigjiess of a cnerry, smooth skinned, having one or more furrows or 

 channels on its outside, and contamnig within a reddish, sweetish, not uuplcasant, co- 

 pious juicy pulp, .several triangular i'ulcated stones, Vi^ijose sides are so accomodated'io 

 GUI.' anotiier as seem to make one roiuid one, with several furrows on its outsidf . Being 

 thought a pleasant huit, they are pianted in most gardens, where, some sraali time 

 after rain, one never imsses ripe fruit. 



Tuey are not only u^ed by way of desert, but likewise by sick people, whose sto- 

 mn'^hs languish ; they dispel wind, and tak away liie quairBisaness ot liiQ siouiaeh. If 

 given witii sugar; Piso s;iys, thsjy are good for the breast. Sloaiic 



2. PUMCIFOLIA. POMEGRANATE LEAVED. 



Fruticosa erecta, ramulls gracdibus patentibus, paribus solifan'is.' 

 Browne, p. 2;i0. 



L"3ves ovate, quite entirt-, smooth; peduncles one-flowered. 

 T'ii sin-ubby tree rises ten or twelve feet, dividing into several slender spreadino- 

 brar " :.: . ' vi -'-.-d wiih a light brown bark. The flowers are produced in small umbels 

 at the ;e branches, upon thort peduncles. Corolla pale rose colour. This 



sh--ur> , V upearanciMif a p>)megranate plant. Tne fruit is of the same size 



a'vi f 11 )!i English cherries ; very succulent, of a light reddish colour, 



ail > '< Jo. a taste. It m^kes very agreeable tarts and e.xceiient jei!ie3. 



" VEP.BASCIFOUA. MU'EJ.EIN-LEAVED. 



L .-":-- ; anceolate,; ovate, tomentose, quite entire, racemes terminating. 

 4. NITID.\. GLOSSY. ,a 



/ .'i/'/? ef viitnis divisa, foUis cvatis nitidis^ baccis durio7ibus,~- 

 ir nvH!', p. '23d. 



Leaves- knt^wfete, quite entire, smooth, spikes lateral. 

 This shrub grhw-; ah.>ut three feet high. Seem upright, round, ev^n ; branched 

 d^-iusvate J, upright, rom J, covered with a shining bark. Leaves decussated, opposite, 

 oblong, blunt, wifii a c )nv.ix margin, nerved, veined, firin, pale green, shinino-; oiv 

 shirt peti )ies. Riceues axillary, sliort'-r than the lea'-es, many flowered ; flowers 

 peJun'^lel yellow. Berrjr three-lobed, three-seeded, blood red. Browne says it is 

 con^nnn in the hiiis of ,St. Elizabjtn, and bears large hard hemes, wnich are said to be 

 Ittuca used by turkies and other large fowls. 



5. UREN3. STINGING. 



Arbor baaiferajolio obhngo subtUlifsimis spinis sitbtus obsiio, fnirhi 

 " cerasino 



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