'S3 "HOBTUR J AM A I'D EN SIS. slack 



and who mentions it to have leaves like the ash. This clearly points Barliam^s plant 

 out to be the (/uassia f)o/i/!^aina, which has pinnated loaves like tiic ash, whereas the 

 leaves ol' the xyiopia are alternate and ovaie-acumiaate, those of the lonner obloii^- 

 eval. 



BLACKBERRY BRAMBLE. " HUBUSi 



Gl. I 2, OR. .5. Icasandria poli/gt/nia; 1\ AT. OR. Senticof:/r. 



This name is vt. rived from a Latin word for redness, on account of the redness oi'the 

 twigs and juice of the fruit.. 



Gen. cn.in. Calyx a one-leafed, five-cleft, perianthiiim ; segmems oblong, spread- 

 ing, permanent ;. tlie corolla has five roundish spreading petJils ; the stamina are 

 numerous filaments, with roundish anthers, inserted into tlie calyx ; the pistl has 

 numerous germs, with suiail styles and simple stigmas ; the berry is compounded 

 of reddish acini, collected into a convex head, concave beloiv ; eacii one- celled ,, 

 the seeds solitary, oblong ; the receptacle of the pericarp is conical. One species 

 is a native of this island, 



JAMAICENSIS. JAMAICA; . 



Ruhiis foliis longioribus subtus viclli lamigine ohdiictis et incanis fiore 



etfructu minor ibus. Sloane, v. 2, p. 109, t. 213, f. 1. ylcitleatus,. 



foliis digitato-ijuinatisy serrats, subtus ai gtnteis. Browne, p. 242,. 



Leaves qninate or ternate, tomentose underneath ; stem, petioles, and leaves, ' 

 pubescent, with recurved pn>Ales ; -panicles diffused. 



This plant is very common in Jaraaica, growing plentifully on most-ruinate lands irv 

 Tihe mountains. It differs only from the common bramble of Europe in having the 

 leaves gash-serrate, with the ribs prickly ; the panicles teinunating, diffused ; the 

 flowers and berries smaller. The leaves are covered over with a whitish soft wool, and 

 are whitest on the lower surfaca The berries, when ripe, are of ,a black colour, and 

 very agreeable to the palate. If picked when red, and before they ripen, the}' make 

 an excellent tart, having at that period a very agreeable acid taste. The stalks are very 

 prickly and trailing ; climbing up m the small trees and bushes around them. 



There is a larger and smaller variety. 



Two other species of this genus have been introduced, but not much cultivated : the. 

 idccus, or raspberry ; and the si/lvaticus, or blackbei'ri/, both European plants. 



BLACK CHERRY. MYRTUS. 



Cl. 12, OR. 1. Iccsandria vionogynia, NaT. OR. Ilespen'dtp, 

 EN. CHAR. See Bayberrj', p. 75. 



CERASINA. CHERRY. 



^rbor baccifera, myrti folia latiore, fructu 7iigro cerasitio dipyreno,. 

 Sloane^ v. 2, fi. i07. 



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