sauAP - H OR :;-' :-' 



of a beantiful orange coloLir, full o: iv.siii,. aud yield.; a Uuo, lull tincture by jiuaiK>n , 

 but is seldom cut for the 'ly.^'rs iise ia*J';?ro'>n.-i^.''TO'.'"e. . . 



The true brasiHs . . : , -lA-rrce ^icv come in 



Brasil ; the Brasilians oalliug it ihiirifihiv. reddish 



and thorny biirk ; the leaves small and biiuhj .<i a .w;v .-Miir.-Li^ ,4"^-"'= jrsiittle, 



"sweet, ;\nd of a beautiful red J tiie pods flat and^nrickh', in which;:. it seeds. 



like the gourd seed. This Wood is iise'd anioag tlie dyers^ aiid the st^tioacis make red 

 inii of it ; viz. Take raspings of the wQod,^ infuse fbem. m vintgar or some strong iixi- 

 vium, and, with gum arable and afuim, putrtheiniil a glaSied pot, and gently' infuse 

 them for some hoars. Some dye the roots oi a/thea with it, to clean the teath withai. 

 5. have met with two sorts gro wing-in Jataaica ; one-eVery way as red asbrasil. It hath 

 a red'o-ura, with a-Vestringent taste; its wood is very tough and. strong ; ther whet-l- 

 Wrights in Jamaica s<iy. tliey make the best spokes for wheels. A decoction of the 

 "wood strengthens the stomach, abates fever^ , and ta! iftflammi--.' ' 



tkSuxions in the eyes. Barkam,, p._2Z. 



2. BiJUGA. 



Senna spuria arborea s-pinosa, louis alaiis ramosis sen decnmpo.^itis, 

 flore liiteo, siliquis hrevibus sulcatis nigris, sahina odore. Sloane, 

 V. 2, p. 50, t. 181, f. 2, 3. Spinosa^ foliis minoribus ebveise-corda-' 

 lis, bipnuiatis ; racemis iernunuHbus. Browne, p. 227. 



Prickly, leaves doubly pinnate, with tv f ob-cocdate leaflets, they and 



the calj'xes smooth ; stamens equalling the corolla. 



SIcane calls this Indian savin iyee. It rises fifteen feet in heighthj having a "trunk 

 EOmewhat crooked, aboiH the thickness of ones thigh, covered with ^whitish grey, al- 

 ijiost smooth bark. The tree has several crooked and prickly In'anches, with leaves 

 coming out at unequal distances, being decomposite and winged; the m.iddle rib is 

 "four or five inches long, divided into as many pairs of petioles, on each of which are 

 two pairs of smooth shining leafle'cs, half an'inch in diameter, very green, smooth, and 

 rdmost round, having a defect or indention at one end, a little pointed at the other and 

 shini.i". Flowers in several spikes three inches long at the tops of the branches, of a 

 deep yello'w colour. The legumes are. of a blackish colour, smooth and flat, having 

 some sulci on them, and containing large brown, smooth, round, peas. All parts of 

 this tree, if bruised, have a very balsamic strong scent. It grows by Passage Fort and 

 "the road to it very plentifully. Sloane. 



This prickly shrub is common about the Ferry, and the lower lands of Liguanea, birt 

 it seldom rises above eight or ten feet in height ; the wood is of a brown colour, the 

 foliage of a dark gloomy green, and the flowers of a fine yellow, which are succeede4 

 "by pods of a thickish oblong form. The lower segment of the cup is not fringed, noj; 

 any of the flower leaves vanegated in this species Browne, 



See Barbadoes Pride. 



BREAD FRUn'. ARTO CARPUS, 



.2!, oa. 1, Monosciainonandria, Hat, oiLUrtice. 



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