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naceoHS, soft, ciistEnt ; the fruit twdvtj furrowe<3 ; seeds several, eompressed. 

 Three spTxi'^s of this plant, natives of tiie I/vjI li-.-iss, have been long introduced 

 - into thii-jsland. 



1. BALSAMINA. BALSAMIC. 



Cur.mis pu'itkeus. Sioape, v. 1, p. 128. Glabra, faliis profunde 

 Libatis, Ji uctu rohcndo strns veruiwsis notato. Jirowne, p. 353, 



Pomes ap.gular, tubercled ; leavesi srtiootli, spreading, palmate. 

 This is called snioath-leaved c era see, or male balsam epple. It k very common in 

 "^asmic?., sTid. has a traU.iag staSk like those of the ciscuaiber or inelon, extending several 

 feet in length, and sending out" many side braTSiiJjse&, which have tendrils. Leaves 



, jTiij^oath, ^fspJy cut into several ^gaients, and spreading like a hand. The fruit is 

 (eyiii, eodia^-in aciite po!t)v3, havi:ij4 several deep angles, vyitli sharp tvjberdes, piaced 

 Cn thfii'/ edges, ft ciianges to a red or purpUsli colour when ripe, opening with aa 

 (giasticivy, airdtl^ra-mng gut its seeds. It is i^mous in Syria for eurin^f wounds. Th 

 p:;'-" -, cr;t c:r-J vtS j;-:."ipe fruit, and riftise if; in sweet o'd, whicii they expose to the 

 a;i i-i -Q J ; 4-',^'* y -i''- tecornei, red.; and ..faen preserve it fi>r dse. Dropped ori 



foUon, aaci appiitjAto a fresli wGond, the oil tljey reckon the best vuinerary, next tq 

 Hae h3.,!s3,'a^<ji''M--':" ir".ing foi^ad by experienca tl'jat it often cijres iar^e wounds ixi, 



Tae biiapa -tiiit eitij4fi, on cuUiifg Uie full grown ijnxipe fruit, is also used for fresl^ 



Cera.'see is thsTiime that negroes and some others give fo a plant- grpwing in sreat 



i'lpleniy in Jamaica. '^Its fruit is mijcij uke a cu'cnmber, and as bi^.; therefore S^r H. 



BloiiRe calls %h'sm^uciiini.%-f'uniceiis, \ suppajo frona its deep_ red colour, but tt^e leaves 

 -^iQ t^-jxh-^'m\iitx, j:^,?iied, and divided -, "iiii! fruit geueraily of tUe^-size of a leaAn, of 

 . ^ veilowi;,h r i :'; ' \' ' ' ' ' Ms of a most gjorious red 

 ri;oloiur,.haYi- : . ; '. .e of tamarind stuises rr 

 -tgee^s. ' '\\y^4^.h''i''^Y^'>^ ->*- yoii.jjtr i^/: ii'iai,l<^i u, -.pin or ueedls into any 



'Toart of.tUa freit, it.^lil ail-flys<|ge;i in -^t^wteys, Qr m ;; \, , n, turning, as '\X wefe,'the. 



jr.sid?Q'itis^aris'-ft'id>a soft of -gust of ejfpi-Qsion, or zfi, if it ?ere sensibly to-uciie'd;- 



$,ij.T| gi2k fi/-^ arboars with this plant, it.,alwfys cliafibingtq .any thkig it is near, 



"ljro?,i:!fi: sotbit% yon c^a bardly see throuorhit, "-So r.e si|ck the seeds, having a sweet 



g-'? B'5* ' i bijtthe fmit is very hollow', Kke pa.fis., g;nJ'puFgese-2ceSic.r,iiy 

 ^., i- '. v,.t t'pe- b?i''!'-i''he, (m; ' . ,-. _ __ t .._ 



iver, sr 



_! 



. 3 &y:-up of vie fruit .' , 



cwith 4'u7 wjf rj, mts.iss a .j-'^i^t - 



~jt.nY ted se.-s of ins t:<:e .; inw.:. 





