313- IIO-HTUS Jama ICE N 519. .6fcyi- 



raiiiiP, perfectiv spherical, b.aving a hard-brown sliel), fx ccve.r, a mra'lly pulp. l*c- 

 that of a |xar, sweetish, spjclling iike giirhc, ('.vjience the namt-) ; and near its itntte 

 are placed many kidney-shaped seeds^ black, shiningv and largr. This tree g+'ows 

 very commonly in the lowlands of Jaiuaica, , and its iVuit is edible, though not very 

 piea-sant. When hogs or other animals eat. of, them, lhe\' comnumiemte the smell of 

 frarlic to their flesh. Barbara sa}s tlie fruit is cooling aud resilrjngpnt,. and that ths 

 leaves are an excellent remedy, outwardly apjjlied, to take away all indammati(jns of 

 llie anus and haemoi'rhoids ^ and also to e^ise pains of the hcail and cars. 



2. GVNAKDXA. GVNAKDROUS. 



I 



jirborea ti'iphj/Ua,foliis ovatis glabyisy racemu icrjniiiaiibu'^. ^ro^vnej 



p. 2 to. " ' y. , . 



Unarmed ; leaflets ovate^. qrite entire ; flowers gynandrous. 



This is very like the other species, and is principally distinguished by having thinner 

 leaves, and the stamens elevatfcd on a column the height of the calyx. The trunk gro.ws 

 to twenty feet high. Ti'C Bovvers are of a purpiC colour. It is a native of Ja\T!aica,'_. 

 irrowin"- in dry copitices near the sea, flowering in ^lav. and Jcine. The plant has a 

 burninf taste and a nauseous smell. In Dr. Dancer's Medical Assistant,, the. bark cf . 

 vixe rootis said to vesicate or blister like caniharides. 



GENIP-TREE. MEUCOCCA. 



Gl. 8, OR. 1, Octancln'a moyingynfa. NaT. OR. Sapindi. 



This was so named by Browne from two Greek words, signifying honey grain. 



Gen. chau. Calyx a four-parted perianth ; leaflets ovate, concave, blunt, spread- 

 ing ; the corolla has four petals, oblong, equal, bent back entirely among ihe^ 

 leaflets of the calyx ; the stainens are eight awl-shaped filaments, upright, short ; 

 anthers oblong, upright; the pistil has an oviite germ, almost the length of the 

 corolla; style very short ; stigma large, sub-peltate, extended on both sides, ob- 

 lique ; the pericarp is a barked drupe, round, or ovate ; the seed a coriaceous nut, 

 roundish, smooth. Tliere is only one sptjcies, which was brought to Jamaicr. 

 ^lauy years ago. 



BIJUGA- T-l'/O-PAlRED. 



Foliis ut pluriinum bijugatis ovatb, per pennas alatas dispo$it{s.m- 

 Browne, p. 210. 



This beautiful fruit tree has a strong Tinarmed trunk, and grow-s to a considerable 

 size, with thick spreading branches. The leaves are pinnate with two pairs of leaflets; 

 the common petiole elongated, round below, channelled above, somewhat compressed 

 betiveen the leaflets, which are sub-sessile, or on very short petioles, ovate, acumin- 

 ate at both ends, entire, nerved, smooth on both sides, bi-ight green. The racemes 

 are compound, ternnnating ; branclilets alternate, simple, upright.- Nectary 'and an- 

 thers yellow. The base of the ger.m is surrounded i>v a carnous umbilicus, made up of 

 eight iii-ctarcous glands ; the cup is permanent. Drupe about an inch in diameter, 

 sometimes oval, sometimes round, having a thin green, brittle bark, grooved on tht? 

 iiskie; tiie sgcu. (there is rareljjnoie than ono) is covered .witja a dsliciousiy sweet* 



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