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Gek. char. S'f.f Cacoon, /. 137, . There are two species oftLe 3H:*/i.?a, known* by 

 the name of cas/fai<. 



1. TORTUOSA. WRITHED,, 



y!cac.i(LOjr,eirt&aiia.,.siiii]uis terctibus venliv'csis, fovihus h'.tch. S'.oarf, 

 V. 2,.. p. 56. Torkiom, (wuleis reclis ^ewiiuitis, foliis;iennissiifiif>y 

 spica giobosay siliquis c-rttssis, 'Browne,- p. 25-1. 



Spines sti])nlar_v ; leaves bipinriats, Ti5ur-pahd, a gland betvvefen the Io!v;gst j 

 piiinas sixtcen-paired ; spikes globnlai'. . . , 



This tree has, a. branching stem.; the "bratiehes dKTiKed, sira-ciiTsided, ficxnosej 

 pniooihish, s'pinj',, with a brown bivrk , spine.s in pairs, ahnost united at the baic,. 

 stretched out,:halt";in inch long ; leaves three or four Irom-.one pointy aicernate ; par- 

 tial ones two or tbr&d paired ; pinnas tweh'& to sixteen, lanceolate,- bluntish, cntii-e, 

 smooth. Universal petirlesjj Tound, fihtbrm^ reddish ;" partial petioles angular. 

 Ijiands soiitary, brOwn, in-the niid.lle ot' the vmiversai petioles,, belovy. the leaflets; 

 flowers pcduiicled, in. licads, yellow.: peduncles solitary, above the spines, among 

 the leaves, halt an inch in length, bent invn. Klaments monodeiphou.s, twenty or 

 twenty-four, upriglit, yellow; gerin ovate, minute ; legume horned, rauadish, toru- 

 lose, drawn to a point at both ends, beaked, black ; s<^eds ob-cvate, black, compressed 

 a little. 'Between the outer coat of the pod, , tod the inner nienabrane separating the 

 seeds, there is a liquor of -the consistence -and colour of a syrup, which smells very 

 .strong and is bittxir and astringent. "Browne says that this woidd prove an excellent 

 medicine, where rough astringents are requisite ; he also observes, " There is no plant . 

 iiiore common than tiiis in the lowlands of Jamaica, but thesmell of the whole plant is. 

 so rank and disagreeable, -that it cannot be used even for firewood. Cattle are said to 

 browse upon its more tender shoots, in dry weather." -It is called the acucki or acacei: 

 'bitsh, and frequently made hedges of. 



Cashaw grosvs^to a large size, aiid is. found in great- abundance in tlie neighbonrhood 

 of Passage Fort, and the-Bridge lliver in St. Dorothj-. It is luxuriant. and spreading. 

 It is esteemed a good timber' wood, and used for building small craft and wharf piles,., 

 on account of its being offensive to the worm, tough, au.i lasting. The wood is of a 

 firm grain, beaiitifut brown colour, very glossy when polished, and, though it stinks 

 ^vorse than assafiitida v\-iien "first cut, it acquires, by keeping, a perfame or agreeable 

 odour, very similar to that of rosevvood. It seems to be ku'gely impregnated with a 

 lesin, which probably is not.vvith<J:}l some yahiable quality.' Both the bark and roots of 

 this tree aliord a red dye, at present unattended to. Long, p. S3 8. 



, r';. .2. .TUUFJLORA. 



Diffusa, spiea' ohlonga, silicjui.'! longiarihus compressis, Browne, 

 p. 252. 



Spines stipulary, in pairs ; leaves bi))iRnate,,bijUgous, distinguished by a gland^ 

 spikes pendulous ; 1-egumes coiupressed-. 

 This isxalledthe popenax, ov opoponar, and rises. freque.ntly to the height of four- ' 

 teen o'r hfteen feet. It is hot 'so 'prickly as- the tortiwsa, aiid the leaves are rather 

 larger j it is of a iiioire spreading growth, and f arnisiicd with oblong flo\i'er spikes, and 



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