M^uw:a ^IORTUS JAMAICENS-I3i SSr 



JAMAICA BARK. CINCHONA.' 



Ci.. 5, o. 1. Poitinitlria niGH0S:!;nn.'. Nat. or.- Conforhr. 

 Tl.is vvns so named from the Countess tie! Cinchon, lady of a Spanish Vicerov, wliose* 

 eerc is said first to have brought. the Peruvian bark into reputation. 



Gen. char. dilyx a one-leafed perianth, superior, shart, five-toothed, penti."!- 

 nem : corolla uionopetalous, fuiuiei-sha|jed, i>ve-,cleft.; tube long, obscurely 

 angular; segments lanceolate or linear, equalling the tube ; the stamens are five 

 fiiauients, in thejnidule of the tuije, with linear erect anthers ; the pistil has an 

 inferior germ, turl)inate, obscurely angular ;. style the length of the stamens j. 

 stigma thick-, bifid, or entire ; the pericarp is a ctipsule crowned with die calyx,. 

 bi-partite, ojiening into two parts inward!}', the partition ptvrailel ; seeds many, 

 oblong, compressed, sumjunded by a membranaceous wing. Tiiree spejios are 

 rjalii^es of Jamaica. -. 



3. CARIBBEA. . CAiaBBE.\N.. .. , 



Peduncles axillary, one-flowered. . 



This tree rises from fifteen to tvv(^nty feet, having, an ash-coloured bark, the trunl? 

 :iot thick in proportion to the heignt, but iiard, ti.'ugi:, and of a. yeHo^vish '.vluce c/:jur 

 in the inside. The leaves are ota rusty green, and the 3'oung bu^l.-. of a blueish-green 

 hue ; tiie flowers are of a dusky-">.elii)vv ,:oiour, and tne pods black : when ii;je iaey 

 s)jht in two, and aref with their Rat bfown seeds, .in e^'erv respect similar to those of 

 ciiiciwna officinalis.! The bark- in general is amoorli and gray on the outside, though in 

 .some rough and scabrous^; when v/ell dried the inside is of a dark brown colour. lis 

 tiavour at first is sweet, v.'itli a mixture nf (lie taste of li'irse-raddish, an;! of ciie, aroma- 

 tics of the East, but,' when swailoweii, ot that vry -bitterness and astringcncv which" 

 characterises the Peruvian bark. it grows nearthe sea-shore, and is called in Jamaica 

 sea-sick heevh.,.- The bark f the large trunks is rongii, an i the ciiticle thick and inert; 

 the inner. bark is thinner than that of the young trees, bit more fibrous. I !iave made 

 use of this hark in a;U case&vvhere the Peruvian bark was indicated, and with the greatest 

 success. Half an ounce, infused in a bottle of wine or spirits, affords an elegant and' 

 grateful bitter. In" the beginning of typhus, I remove the sick in- > airy chambers,, 

 wash their hands and face often I'l cold water, and direct them to chew a iitlle of thiti' 

 batk, with very happy eiiects. IVr.ight.- . 



3. BRACHYCARPA^ '. 



Panicle terminating ; capsitles ob- ov-i.e, ribbed ;>:eaveselK:!tie-o^fi!se. 



The following account of this new species-'of Jesuit'a be -k, i Lindsav, 



formerly a surgeon in Westmorland, and much d .. i 



botany, especially for the cx^ erjmenis he niad< i 



plants : 



" This tree was discovered in November, 17 

 tba'- overlooks the woris of Mblintain Spring 

 OB-some of tdie mountains, near riie Moreland 



' I iiave only met ivith it in threi. pla-jes, ; 

 par's of WestmOK'.'. ' ''nd Han-.-er ^vifishe:;. 

 Should, aa>i rtifecting u aoitiivra aspecjt. . Tiv; . 



