SmMck HORTUS J/vMAICENSI^. Sr^5^ 



ing consulted an eminent plij-sician here, had the red hark prescrihcJ him, wliich ho 

 was to take in doses of thirty grains each. " On takhig the first," ^ays he, "I in- 

 stantly perceived an unusual pwngenc}' on my tongne. After the fiftii I feit an anxiety 



- ahout my breast, with faiutishness ; antl had hardly done swallowii-.g the sixth, when 

 1 was seized with a giddiness, an universal tremor, and a profuse coht sweat. A little 

 wine, wliich was g-ivea me in th4s situation, relieved me consi<ierablv . In about at* 

 hour, all the alarming sympwms disappeared, but I remained weak and languid. 

 From that daVj however, the fever left me, and did not return till several months aftcV, 

 when it was brought on b}' a cold, ainl was removed by the bark administered iu the 



iSarae manner, antl attended nearly by the same symptoms as before." 



, 3. TRin.ORA. TilREK- FLOWERED. 



Peduncles three-flowered. 



This species was discovered by 'Mr. "Roberts, a clergyman, inJamaica. 't'he leave* 

 are very like those of the hrst species, and the pods somewhat lartrer. At the axillas 

 Gome out three scarlet flowers. The bark is of the colour of Peruvian bark. It grows 

 in many parts of Jamaica. 



JAMAICA BILBETfRY or WIIORTLE^BERRY. VACCINIUM. 



Cl. 8, OR. 1. Octandria monogynia. NxT.OR.BiconiCS, 



Gen. char. Calyx a small perianth, superior, permanent ; corolla one-petaleil, 

 bell-shaped, four-cleft, segments revolute; stamens eight simple filaments, in- 

 serted into the receptacle, v.ith two-horned anthers; the "pistil has an inferior 

 germ, a simple style, and obtuse stigma; the pericarp is a globular umljilicai 

 "berry, four-celleil ; seeds few and small. One species is a native of Jamaica. . 



MERIDIONALE. 



Xeaves ovate-oblong, acnle, serrate, perennial, flat, lucid ; racemes terminat- 

 ing, erect ; corollas prismatical. 



The corolla of this plant is seldom five-cleft. It grows in the Blue Mountains, and 

 about the morasses in Westmorland. Mr. A. Robinson mentions a plant he met with 

 -at Coldspring, fifteen feet high, and the stem as diick as a man's thigh. The berries 

 gre.w in clustei-s about two indies long, black as a sloe, and covereil widi farina ; they 

 were tJie bigness of an Enghsh pea, crowned with the four-leaved cup, four-celled, 

 and containing many seeds. They had a very pleasant taste, being a mixture of sour 

 and sweet. The leaves grew alternate, ovate, slightly crenated, hardly an inch long, 

 of a firm hard consistence, and sub-astringent taste. It was in berry in July. 



JAMAICA OR INDIAN GRAPE. VITIS. 



Cl.. 5, OR. 1. Pentandrifi monogjjniu. NaT. OU. Ilcderacta: 

 GN. CEiAn. See Grape- Vine, j7. 334, 



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