228 HORTUS JAMAICENSrS* COLT'a 



2. OCCIDENTALIS. WESTERN. 



Janmimtm forte urbornnn, foliis laurhiis ex ad-jirso nascentihiis ob- 

 longis acLoninatis fiore albo. Sloane, v. 1, p. 97, t. 205, f. 1. 

 Foliis oblongo ovatisoppositis ;. stipidis setaceis jpetiolis interpositis, 

 Browne, p. 142, t. 6, f. -1. 

 Flowers four-cleft ; berries one-seeded. 

 Tills differs from the coffee tree in liuving the flower only fonr-cleft, and a single 

 four-lobed seed at bottom. It seldom rises above six feet, upright, branching; the- 

 leaves are lanceolate-ovate, ending in a blunt point, quite entire,., shining, petioled,, 

 opposite only on the young twigs, four or five inclies long. Sdpules alternate with 

 I the petioles, subulate, acuminate, upright^^ and opposite ; racemes trichotomous,,, 

 sometimes panicled, usually terminating, but sometimes axillary. Tlie corolla is while 

 and very sweet scented. Browne calls it the zi.'/ld Jessamine, and says it is jjrelty coaLo 

 -gaiou ia the lower woods ; the flowers long and tubular. 



COGWOOD. LAURUS. 



Cl. 9, OR. 1. Enneandria monogr/nia. Nat. or. Holoracetp.. 

 Gen, char. See Avocado Pear, p.iT. ^ 



CHLOROXYLON. 



Foliis ovatis glabris vigidis trincniis, fluribns si:-igularibus. Bro^vne^, 

 p. 1S7, t. 7, f. 1. 



Leaves three-nerved, ovate, coriaceous ; nerves reaching the tip. 

 Browne classes this plant pentandria trigynia, b}- the name of grrenlieart or cog-- 

 <wood tree. It is comnion in. many parts of the mountains, and rises by a strong;,- 

 branched tnuik to a,very considerable height. The inward bark is of a light blood co- 

 lour, and incloses a strong greenish timber v.'ithin the sap. The leaves are smooth, of 

 an oVal form, and adorned with three considerable arched nerves each ; thev resemble 

 those of tlijc caraphire tree, both in shape, size, and texture. This tree bears its fnjit, 

 which seldom exceeds a naked hazel nut in size, scattered up and down upon the 

 branches. The wood is very tough, hard,, (and ponderous,) and observed to answer- 

 better tiian any other sort for the cogs usetl in the rollei-s of a sugat-miil, and generally 

 esteemed one of the best timberwoods of the island, and used oa. all occasioiis where 

 strength and durability is required. Brou-ne. 



COLT'S FOOT. PIPER. 



Cl. 2, OR. 3. 'Diandria trigynia. Nat. or. Piperitas. 

 Gen. char. Calyx an imperfect spathe ; spadix filiform, quite simple, covered- 

 with florets ; there is no perianth ; no corolla ; the stamens liave no filaments ; 

 anthers two,, opposite, at the root of the .^erm, roundish ; the pistil has an ovate 

 germ, no style ; stigma three-fold, hispid ; the pericarp is a roundish one-celled 

 berry; seed single, globular. INIany species of this genus are natives of Jamaica^ 

 llic tuiiowia^, aad tliose placed uader the nmiic pepper-elder : 



L.tlMiJELLATOMi. 



