Tlis leaves of ifis sTKaJJ.jcx have by far the krgest wingaoa the petialsjj and ncari/ 

 ycscuiiiie taOjc iii mo citi-uu in every rcjpect. 



iu-ij LiMii L.EMO^I OaANGE SHAr>0OCE 



C^.iD:uM .ye^ Bog Rosh, 



, f!i.. 5. oa. 1. Prntandria viorwgynia. Kat. or. Asperifollas . 



Th:s is so named ih hoiK'ur of fc Gemian bofnaist, Ramed Eunciua-Cordus, of the? 

 jSSAieeiith ceotary. 



GN..CHAR. The cd,yx ;s .,. oiv;-;^;..'. .. i;^'...i:,.i o^;;._r,Li, toothed at the top, perma- 

 nent; the conilla is one-petaled, fmvnel-form ; the tube patulous, twice tiie 

 length of the calyx ; border erect., s:)r6ading-, cut iiicr> five obtuse aivisioij.; ; t.'ia~ 

 staiuens are nva or si.Kf',iamep.t:s, subulafed ; vvifh oblong anthei'5 the ieiigtu ot toe 

 tube; the pistil has a ronndiih acunitnate geni), asinijiie s.yle, the laugth of tuo 

 atamens,,bifid at-top \ divisiams riind ;' stigmas obtuse ; -the pericarp is u giobos 

 tirupe, acuminate^: growing lo the calyx ;' the seed a furrovved nut, fouc-ceiied, 

 jgwu barreii. Six species of tiiis genus ar(? native^ '_' J :'vi'"i/ 



i. COLLOCO:^. 



C&-aso affi.nisurhor bo,(xijraracemosa\fihrtpev^peta.loherhc. - f. 

 taio, Jruclu cocciheo viontxpyreno-viscido, saiii>ie-rus.oio. Sijaae^ 

 T. 2, p. 35, t'.'203, f, 2.' Foliis, j-ugosk vciK^is oblvn^} ovatiS, jlij<- 

 rlbusHaxe raccnw'sis: JBi'owne, p. 167. 



L'av5 Gordate-Qvatej ohte entire; 'ijsvers corjn.i: , .l , ...;. ;:oi tjir.entoss' 

 within.' 

 T'his tree cjrows in most of the lowlands of Jamaica. It has a^ straight undivided 

 ^iTiik, rising tifceen to t.veucy feet, Sloane says even to fifty. Tiie bark is saiooihand 

 ciav-coiourei. . Tlie branches spread on ever, hand; the leaves are oval, rugged, ob- 

 iiquelyveiaeJ, and disposed alternately, about six. inches' bng and two broad. These 

 leaves are shed in 'December, and the bjosso;i)s, of a yellowisli green vTitn brovni spocs, 

 come oiu in February, tiie fruit wpening ia .4pni. Tiie leaveij follow some time after 

 " *ae biossoms. Tiie berries cooe out in clustttrs, of a fine red colour, about as big as a 

 smiddUiig clierr)', Iiavhig a soft, swi^etish,- claHisiiv palp, inveloping the nut. Turkiea 

 and Oliver poultry feed inuch updn these berries, hence it is sometimes, called the tor- 

 key-b^rry-tree. Mogs and dogs are also extremely fond of this i'ruit, an .1 it is thought 

 ^/> fiiten'them. It is observeJ '.U:-t G-uinea hens, feeding n Uie bfrrlts, bre faut^si; 

 ejii'iu tbej,' iire in seasoa. 



2. MACROPHYiXA. 

 Trunus rc.ceynosa) foliis oblongis hirsutis ino.ximis, fnichc rucv.^- 

 Soane, v. 2, p. 130, t. 22!, f. 1. Piafj/pkyikis nnyo/'^ raumis 

 ^mbellatis. Browne, p. 168. 



Jj-'^avss ovaie-viiiose, a foot and a half in length. 



Tills 



