us HORTUSJAMAICENSIS. broost 



of it, wit!) roundish erect anthers ; the ])istil has an inferior germ, ovate-oblong; 

 style riiitorm, erect, lengtli oi ihe .stanifiis ; slignia simple; the pericarp is an 

 oval boat-shaped drupe, depressed, two-gnxived, or ( onipresseJ aciuuinatc ; seed 

 an oval-ohlong nut, two-valved; kernel oblong. Males superior, flowerin;^- later : 

 calyx as in the herniaphrotlite ; no corolla ; nectary and stamina as in llie lierina- 

 phrodite. Two species are natives of Jamaica. 



1. I.AlirOI.IA.. BKO.\0-LrCAVKI>. 



Arbor vuirima Jorte pricnifera, cortirc, rannnhino, folio /onfif/ssimo 

 Ja/iss/nnjq. Sloane, v. 2, p. 130. Foliis amplis scrratis, ob-ovatis 

 cum acumine ; capsulis biganminis. Browne, p. 255. 



Leaves ob-ovate, subs'errate ;. drupes tJeshy. 



This tree has a very large trunk, and grows to a vast height, covered with a grey or 

 very light brown bark, seeming- to be loose and come off in long pieces ; it has here 

 and there some knobs or e!<,iin(Mices on its surface, the leaves are large and long. It 

 grows in all tha inland great woods of Jamaica. .Sloane. 



This tree grows to a very considerable height, having a proportionate body, being 

 frecj^uently sixty feet high before it reaches the brandies, and twi-lve feet m circumfer- 

 ence. The trunk is generally straight, and tapers gently from the bottom to the top. 

 liiie branches stretch horizontally, and so equal that the leaves seem to be placed in a 

 pertect level, as if regularly clipped. These branches project from tiie tree at certain 

 intervals, wiiere the stem is left bare, and diminishing in length as they approach the 

 sunmiit, <iives the tree a very beautiful appearance. The leaves are eight or ten inches 

 long and four bi'oad near the point, where broadest. At the base they are narrowest, 

 being there reduced to almost a point, and increase gradually until within about tsvo 

 inches of the end where they are rounded olt. They come out from the branches in 

 little circular clusters of ten or twelve together on a common barky inch long footstalk, 

 having each of thein a green round pedicel of nearly the same length.- They are of a 

 deep green colour, but paler below, having a .strong prominent mid-rib antl veins. It 

 is a very good timber wood and splits easily into shingles, which will last from twelve 

 to iifteen vears before they decay. The heart of the tree is the worst part, and it fre- 

 quently happens that boards of it split into two from having some inches of soft pitliy 

 substance in their centre. The larger sized trees, are on this account most frequently 

 sawn or split-into two, and the two halfs lined for boards the reverse way. In A. Ro- 

 binson's notes, the kernel of the fruit of this tree is said to be as good as an almond 

 iernel ; and the decoction of the root cures the diarrh<jea. 



2. ARBUSCUlji. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire, pubescent ; branches dichotomous ; racemes 

 .erect. 



Broadleafed Broomweed See Marsh Mallows. 



BROOM WEED. CORCHORUS. 



Cl. 13, OR. i.Pol;yandria monogynia, Nat. og. TiUacece. 



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