G31 HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. cr.ih 



vatcd in Jarrairn, of which it is a native, not only on account of its (?rltcious sb-aci4 

 fniit, but ior the forn:ation ot arlxjurs;, uliitij ii is well takiilateci tor by its dense io 

 liage, anci liighly oni;:m( nsai fiuwers. It spreads to a consii'.erahic extent, and is easily 

 jjiopagateci rrom slips. The frint is oi an ovai sijapo, and ol various sizes, from u;u* 

 ot'a <;oosc's ttg to a sniddlirig sized nuisk n.elon ; it is of a greenish yellow coi(;urj 

 liavHig a spungy rind, whicn becomes suit towards the end as the fruit ripens, about^ 

 a finger in thicl.nes-, contiiiiiing a succulent pii p of a watery lolour and sweet smell, ' 

 of a very agrectble pleasant sweet-acid t:\ste, containing a nmltituile ol f-lack seeds,,, 

 which are eaten along with tiiC pulp, h is a pleasant cooling fruit m fevers. Wiic* 

 Mie vine dies it is s.iid to have an excellent j am at its root. 



Si' Bull-Hqof Love in a Mist 1^\sion Flowers Water Lemon 



Grapf- Fruit See Shaddock. 

 GiiArE. Jam ICA .S'f<> Jamaica Grape. 

 Gkapk, Sea-.-ide Sec Bay-Gkape. 



GRAPE-VINE. VITIS. 



Ct 5, OR. 1. Peniandfia monogynia. Xat. or. IleSeracece. 

 *rhis generic name is derived frooj vincire, to bind. 



Cen. char. Calyx a five-tootbed, very small perianth ; the corolla has five nuTe, 

 small, cadu-ous, petals, cohering at the top, ana snnv^:liing ; iiie stanuns aie 

 f,ve filaments, awi-.shaped,, from erect spreaciing, cadutous ; anihcrs simple ; llie 

 pistil has an ovate germ, no style, stign. a obtuse, headed; the pericarp is a g.o- 

 bular two-ctiled berry ; seeds two tu five, bony, lurbiuute- cordate, contratica at 

 the baie, seun-bilocular. 



A'IMFER.i. WINE-MAKING.. 



Leaves lobed, sinimte, luiked. 

 The coiMnon grape-vine is universally Inovin to have a thicli twisted irregular vfPaS. 

 stem, coverea witu a brown cloven l)ark, and having very long t lugu lR.\ibe branches,, 

 tiaihng and climbing by means ol tendrils. The leaves are iui ed indbinuated, serrate, 

 sniootli, and alternate, on long tootstaiks ;, the tenuriis are op|josile to a leaf, and are 

 attended bv the fiowers in a raceme, winch are wlntish or lierLacei us, ver\ small, but 

 Laving an agiteab.e smell ; the peta is cohere at tbe ti)), ai;u conceal the gei.itais -.ti; 

 manner of a veil,, but soon fail otf. The berry is gioLuiar, i:i som^- \arietie., ovale, be- 

 fore it is ripe regularly divided into five cells, but aiterwards om-.ebed, ;.lno.^t pel- 

 lucid, coloured in some, co.ourk&sin oihers; in the middle is a shor; coumn,. spring- 

 ing from tiie woody fibres oi t;he pedicel ol the berry,, to the top ( fwfticn tue ste^s are 

 fastened by its peculiar nmbiiicai chord; tnis chord istiiiforui, running along tiie UKier 

 side of the seed to its very top, then re fleeted to the back, and rinaiiy eiutnng the 

 navel; seeds naturall} five, but for the must part, fewer:. Li iome btnie^ Uiiy are ali 

 abortive. 



Tins plant is a native of most temperate parts of the worll, and both the common 

 and muscadine grape v\ere long ago intioe.uceU into Jamaica, wlu re they hi.ve been very 

 ^nesally' cultivated, tiiough ot io anj^ verj touiiucraUe tAicat^ tiiwu^n Br.uvn 



