ALAi-v H OUT US JAMAICEKSIS. - in 



tlicii squeeze the Juice from the guts through a coarse doth ; to a pint of the juice add 

 U poiHui of sugar and ijoil into a syrii|j. A table spoijiilul or two to he takoii two or- 

 Uiicc times ii day, by itself, or in btriey water.- JJancer's Medical Assislant. 



2. Cl'CURIUTlNA. GOURD. 



Aihorescens.j'oliis singiilaribiis vvalis nitidis, fruciii yninori, Browne, 

 p. 26ii. 

 Leaves ovate, sub-coriaceous,, distiifct; fruits ovate-acuminute. 



Tlie trunk of tiiis tree is niiddle sized, utiurnied, smooth, and even. The branches 

 sub-ciivided, erect, not.spreudiug, stilf and stiaiglit, angular, even; leaves opposite, 

 alternate, or scattered, never in tufts, broad, ovate,, with a short point, quite entire, 

 nerved, absolutely smooth, shining-above, paler beneath ; [jetioles short, thick, smooth ; 

 pednncies two to live, terminating, shorter tiumtlie leaver, longer than the petiole-^, 

 one-howered. Corollas nodding, the size of those of the riijctc, init. more dusky ; the 

 base of tiie tuije and throat is wliite, the belly red, the border jjaie, the st'gn)i'nts tlusky. 

 Tiie fruit, is pedicelled, ovate-ublong with a short t^oint, one-celled. It di Hers from 

 the first species in its habit, the upngiitness of Us branches, its fiat, oblong, siuningj 

 coriaceous jeaves, terminating flowers-on longer pedicels, corolla with the border en- 

 tire, and ovate-acummate fruit. It flowers tne wliole year, it is a native of Jagiaica, 

 in tlry rocky places near tiie coast. Tne wood is hard and_ white, but tlie shell of the 

 fruit so thm air I Ijnttie as to be imfit for the purjjoses of the former species, lioth are 

 easily propagated liom the seeds. 



CALALU, hramhed. SOLANUM: ' 



Cl. 5, OR. 1. Pentandriamoywgynia. K'ai". or. Lurid<e,. 



Gen. CHAR. Calyx a one-leafei perianth, half five-cle'V, erect, acute, permanent j 

 corolla one-pecalled, wheel-shaped, tube very short, border large, half five-cleftj 

 from reries, flat, plaited; stamina are five awl-shaped filaments, very small ; an- 

 thers oblong, converging, sub-coalescent, openins; ;!t the top by two pores ; the 

 pistil has a roundish genu ; style filiform, longer t'' " "^^"^ stamens, stigma blunt ; 

 the pericarp a roundish berry, smooth, dotted at ii -elled ; with a con- 



vex fleshy receptacle on each side ;. seeds verv ii, nestling. Many 



species aftbis genus grow in this island.: 



NIGRUM; BLACK. 



Hinniiiuit dijj'umrn ; Joliis ovulis, runuUi^ ,. > itiaiiS}>ti-nhe Hulls ^<1' 

 rum spars s. Browne, p. 174. 

 Bfanches angular, toothed; leaves repand, smooth. 



Solanum bacciferum, sen qlficinarum. This has a green stem, as big . ..les little 

 finger, rising two or tJiree feet high, the branches spreadinp themselves on every suie ; 

 the leaves ai'e about an inch and a half lonu', and half as broad in the middle, vvhei \t 

 is broadest, standing upon a very short fuot-staik ; , they are soft, of a dark-green colour, 

 and jagged on the edges. Tsiwards the tops ol the bunches come the flowers, several 

 tagetiier, upon a short foot-stalk ; each flo ver is made up with five white or pale-yel- 

 Icw.kaves^.iyith orangd-Cijlour apices, standing up iii the uuddie of tiie tiower, making 



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