CARfac IIORTUS JAMA-ICENSIS, 317 



"Hughes, in his 'History of Earhadoes, gives the following methotl of destroying 

 Cuiney worms : Take an ouiKe of gurlic, one of blark pepper, pulverised, and an 

 ounce of the flour of brimstone ; mis: ttiese well together in a quart of rum ; and for 

 three or four mornings suecessiveiy give a wine glass full of this infusion to the person 

 afflicted ; and, if he hath a iliousand about him, each will contract itself into a coil, 

 and die, and then fall oliin the form of a boil trom the surface. cJf tlie skin. liugkeSf 

 J). 42. 



Besides the common -garlic, the g7'acll(', or African gariic, has also been introdticed 

 from Africa ; and has been erroneously termed Jamaica garlic, from the circumstance 

 of Hinlon East, Esc^. having sent the seeds from this island to Ensrland in the ycitr 



See EscJhalot and 0>aoN, 



GARLIC PEAR-TREE. CRATEVA. 



Cl.11, or. 1. Dodec<indria monogynia. Nat. or. Puiaminece. 



This generic name is said to be derived from Cratevas, a Greek botanist, mentionet^ 

 ^y Hippocrates. 



Gen. THAR. Calyx a one-leafed, four-cleft, deciduous, perianth, flat at the base -j 

 divisions spreading, ovate, unequal ; the corolla has four petals, which are ob- 

 long, bent dowB lo the same side, claws slender, length of the calyx, inserted 

 into the divisions ; stamens sixteen or more (twelve to fourteen), bristle-formj 

 declined to the side opposite the petals, shorter than the corolla ; anthers erect, 

 -oblong; the pi.-,iil is a germ on a ver\' long filiform pedicel, ovate; no stvle-; 

 stiga;a sessile, headed ; tne pericarp, a berry, fleshy, globose, verv large, pedi- 

 celled, one-celled, two-valved ; seeds many, roundish, emarginate, nestliiig.^-^ 

 Tw o species are natives of Jamaica. 



1. TAPIA, 



/Inon^ trifdia, fiors sfamineo, friictii sphtericofemtg'nen scahra mi- 

 iwre, aim odorc. Sioane, v. 2, p'. 169. Arborea triphi/ila, Joliis 

 crassis ovalis. Browne, p. 247. 



'-Unarmed ; leaflets ovate, acuminate ; petals ovate-roundish, blunt ; germs 

 globular. 



This tree has a large trunk, and rises to the height of thirty feet, or more, coveied 

 with a dark green bark, sending out many branches, so as to form a large head. The 

 branches are garnished with trifoliate leaves, standing on pretty long footstalks ; the 

 riiiddle leaf, which is ilruch longer than the others, is oval, about five inches long, and 

 two and a hall' broad in the middle ; the tv/o side leaves are oi)lique, those sides which 

 join the middle leaf being much narrower than the other, and turn at both ends toward 

 the middle, so tliat their midrib is not parallel to the sides ; these two end in acute 

 points : they are all smooth, of a light green on the upper side, and paler below, their 

 dges entire, and standing on short footstalks. The flowers are produced at the ends 

 fti the branches, standing upon long peduncles. The fruit is about the size of an 



orangffj 



