t^ nOKTUS JAMAT^'ENlSm:. arcn* 



snnic whitish rein:* vithin, wIk^ii cul in two. Jti J.h:?rce!urc<)f the fruif, when ii is soiij. . 

 ii coiit'iineJ ;i <.'-i-evisii and almost Ikii'JiI sybstaiipc, wiiicU grows IihvJ in |>i\)jiffvti>)n aa 

 it n])ens. Tiie cxtriict ot this mit'is supposed to l)e the /i'r]ajO/joniai of the shops,. pt 

 ifast that itisa very similar subista;>ce holh intcoljur and tus^*?.; but, accordincj .l;j iatcr 

 o!)servations, the geruiine drug seems to be obtained trou ihe inimo^sa catccku. Ttie 

 fruit, whenripe^ is astringent, .hjil not uiipalatabip,^ and the siieii is y-t^Uowish.- Of- 

 this fruit there is a prodiL^ioiis con'siunptiojr in-theEast Indies. It is cfaewt'd with'tue 

 .U'avcs of hetel. . niiyins with it lime niade of sea shells. In order to .cliew it, tiicy cut. 

 tiie areca into four quarters, and wrap.,<>oe quiirter ia a leaf of belel,. ovcr.wnicii tticy 

 lay a hltle rtf the iiir.e ; aftervvartls they tu' it, hy iwisiiiig it:foiind. This is calieJ 

 vf/iaiig, whicTr is a Malayan vvord issed ajl over tiie Ejtst ludies. . Tlie pinang provokes^ 

 spitting very much, whether made with drjed or fr-esh.areca ; tlie spittle is red, wlmii 

 colour the areca gives it. Tiiis nriastication fastens the teeth and gjnns, and cools the 

 Duouth. Wuen tliey have done chewing the pinang they spit out ttie gross substance,, 

 wash their mouth with I'rcsh wiUer, wjiich tjskes off tiie red tinge it gives tne teeth. It 

 is j>retended tiiat ar?ca strengthens the s'tomacii when the. juice is s valiowetl. Another 

 })ropfrty ascribed to it is its.carryuig otT all that might be corj-itjH or, nnwhulesoaie rii 

 the guin. When eaten by itself it impoverishes the biooJ, and cau.scs tiie jaundice, 

 but IS not attended with these inconvenie.nces when mixed with beteh Tiie Samcse 

 i:a\[\t pi mi. It is a considerable article in traffic, and the best comes from Ccyion ; s^., 

 jed sort grows in Malabar, wiiich is very proper for dying that coioui". 



BICHY TREE. J\Vn' Genus.- 



Cl. 23, .or. I, Polugam.iamonoecia. 



This tree was originally- imported. from, the coast of Gumea, and now grows in ma\w 

 parts of the soutli sitle of tliis island. , Tiie following characters were taken from a tive 

 mi\t perfected its fruit in the botanic garden, Liguanea ; 



Gen. char. ^The hermaphrodite flowers have no calyx. Corolla mojiopetalous five- 

 parted, inferior, the segments ovate, acute, tiuck, son.ewiiat hairv, striated, 

 erect-patent: tiie nectarium concave, uiciosing tne gernien, Having a ten-'dented 

 margin : the stimiinaare ten siiort tiiaments oc ngne ; ibe antiiers didyuious, placed- 

 in acircle ;.the pistillum has a roundisii germen, five tuiTuwed, hairy ;. stigmas 

 five, thick, reflex, somewhat contorted,' leaniiig to liie germen ; the jiericurpinm 

 is a large sub-o\ate s^ibboiM cap-iule, gehtly bowed, semiiocuiar, bivaived ; seeds 

 nianv, imiiricate, angled, each covered with a leathery baik: i'lie male calyx and 

 coroiia as in the hermaplirodiic, but oiie-thirJ larger ; tne stamina the same ; the 

 pistilium has no germen, but the rudiments ot hve small stigmas, proceeduiij Iruia 

 tbe middle of tiie nectary, . 



BICHY. . 



Cercitionice afllnis siliqiicsa hntr'foUo singiihiri, flcv pevtcpefaloide 

 pin put eo strata, siliyua cra^sa /irev> j,u/j/a i^iUUniu ct purgante 

 semina amhiente. Sioane, v, 2, p. 00. 



The racemes are short and compact. 



This;.. 



