14* HORTUS JAM'A-iCKNSia o^nrh; 



hcaLs tham rerj- soon.* But it is difficult to obtain it unsopl)isticate<l ; forAvhich and 

 other leiisijus, it well dcservi's Uio ex])cninent ol ingenious gcntjcuion iij this island^ 

 to find it' a halaam or rosin be oijtuiivible Innu the uiiH/ris ; .since the discovery would 

 naturally lead to form such a siihsiitute i'or the true iialsam, vvhicii is so seldom to he 

 <roi m us gtnuiine state ; and there seeinis no weak irround fur presmiuny that tiiis sub- 

 stmite wouid aaswcr simiiar. good puvposes in nieuKinc Loxg'. 



This species, is su-pposed-.to btvthe wood noticed.' by Kirliam, under the uame tree 

 rosemary., as follows : " This I happened to meet with by chance. Pulling down, 

 some old iiouses, I snjelt a, vers' strong smell of rosemary, which niaJe nie enquire into 

 t]je reas(.in of it. They told me, that there was some roiKinuuT-^ooil among the timber- 

 jt the house.-?. I- then des>ircd they wouid get, me som.e of it^. \vhi.ch they clid ; I found 

 it was only the bark that bmeit, which no vosenmry exceeded. Some will have it to be 

 a sort of clove-bark tree, which grows in great pienty'npou thG/niain continent. 1 first 

 found this tiee on Baciielor's plantation^ which was afterwards mine, and is now well 

 known to ail or most planters in Jairiaica. i'carried some of tjie bark with me to Engv 

 land in the _year Mil, which kept its scent very well ; and 1 question not but it would 

 be fjund, upon experjen.ce. to be. very useful to distillers, and of many medicinal uses." ' 



2: MAIUTI.MA. MARITIME. 



Baccifera trifuh'a racemosa, floscidis albis iefrapetalis, friictu nigro 

 moriopyrcnojoctido. Sloane, a-. 2, p. 101. Fraticosus mivor, folii^ 

 orhiculatis venosis,. piimalo icrnatis ract^inis terminatricibus. 

 Browne, p. 209,. 



Leaves ternate, . crenulate, , obtuse. 



This tree, which is called yr/Z^rw candlrn'ood^'roscrn'ood, and T/ello's' sntulrrs, appears 

 not specifically diffei-ent from the foregoing, for the leaves are pinnated, have two pair 

 of ovate lobes, terminating in an odd one, and frequently seen pinnato ternate, as the 

 first. These leaves aj-e much longer and of a deeper green. It has not the fragrant 

 smell or taste, of the other.- The fruit is oblong, the wood of a box colour, elegantly 

 clouded and tiikes a fine polish-. ' 



It is common on the banks of the "Rio Cobre. The calyx is permanent, fruft black 

 and shining. Tkc blossom is white, four times tlie length of the cup, a.nd the fruit has 

 an agreeable aromatic taste ; the flower pedicels are black, shining, speckled, as are 

 the joints of the leaves. There is one seed. It blossoms in June and Jul v. 



The blos.'^^ms of a tree exami.ned were very small ; the pericarp monophyllous, bell- 

 shaped, permanent, and cut half way down into four equal erect segnient.s ; at the basa 

 of each proper peduncle were placed two very minute lanceolated stipules in opposi* 

 tion : the corolla consists of four oblong obtuse, pointed petals, nearlj' obversely ovate, ^ 

 patent, white, and thickly marked with pellucid balsamic cells, much longer than the 

 calyx, and placed alternate with its lacinias. The stamens are eight su^ulated patent 



filaments,. , 



If is gensrally beiieved that the Omwda and copaha "balsams, will answer every pnr).Kire of the fiabi nf gUead.^m 

 3>r. Alston says, that tlir surest mark of this babam being pure, and unadulterated is its spreading quickly on the sur- 

 (ucc of water when dropped into it ; and iliat if a single drop of it is let fall into a larpe saucer full ot water, it innue* 

 diately spreads all over its surface, :nid as itUvere dissolves and disappears ; but in almnt half an hour it becomes e - 

 transparent pellicle, covering the whole surface, and may be taken up with a pin, hajjnc lost all its Huidity and cc- 

 ifliur, and become while arid sott^ cohering, and comniunicating its snieli and taste to the ivater. This test, he Sii^ff,!^ 

 asU ihe balsam Jie saw iu.Ho.llaadiiorej bm not tli^it m Lptidon, wherait is tare toprgcure it uaadulteratsd. 



