WCCA ., HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. W^ 



LIGCA-TREE. SAPINDUS, 



Cl, S, oa. 3. Ociinidria tvigynia. Nat. or. Trihlalx. 



Uen. CH.iR. CaKx a four-leaved perianth, spreading; leaflets oh-ovsle, almost 

 equal. Hut, spreading, coloured, deciduous; two ot tnem exienor; the corolla 

 Las tour ovate tlaweci petals; ; two of tliem more appro.Miiiating ; nectarv four ob- 

 long, coucave, erect, ieatlets, inserted into the base ot the petals; glands four, 

 rouiulisir, also iuserted at the base of the petals ; stamens eight filaments, with 

 coiilate, erect anihers ; the pistil a triangular germ, with three short styles, and, 

 Bimple obtuse "stigmas ; pericarp tiirec capsules, fieshj', globular, comialc, in- 

 iiattd \ seed a glouular nut. 



SPINOSUS. THORNY. 



Fruticosus caudice et rami's spitwsissimis, foliis ovat/'s piimatis.-^ 

 Browne, p. 207, t. 20, f. 2. 



Leaves abruptly pinnate ; stenm very thorny. 



Dr. Browne, who has given a pretty good figure ef tiiis plant, both in leaves and 

 parts of fructification, has surely referred it to a wrong genus, as it ap])roaches 

 more nearly to the amyris, and in some places the smaller ligmim rorum. The sapin- 

 dus has four or five petals in the corolla, and eight stamens ; the licca tree only Llirce 

 iselals and three stametis ; the following are the characters of the latter : Calyx small, 

 one-leafed, three-dented; the corolla has three petals, whicli are oblong-ovate, con- 

 cave, erect; stamens three erect subulatcd lilaments, longer than the petals, with cor- 

 date anthers; the pistil has three ovate germs, an erect style, shorter than tlie corolla, 

 and a capitate sUgma; the pericarp a spherical capsule, one-celled, with a lateral 

 suture, opeoing from the apex to the base ; one-seeded. Some trees have been found 

 with female flowers only, the cup, petals, germ, and stigma, agreeing exactly with 

 tlie above, but destitute of stamens and anthers ; two of the germs always prove alior- 

 tive. Ill the parts of fructilication it agrees partly with the cwfj/z-w, viz in the form 

 of the calyx and corolla, but in its fruit it resembles fagara , 3Ct in the number of its 

 parts Jieitiier. The blossoms of this tree are very fi-agrant ; it blooms in the spring. 



^I found this shrub in the borough in St. James's : it is very remarkable for the prick- 

 Ijness of its trunk, which seldom exceeds seven or eight feet in height, or two or three 

 inches in diameter. The fruit of this tree is much smaller than that of the other species 

 (see Soapberry-Tree) ; and though the eiv.brios are always trilocular, as in that, no 

 Biore than one of the cells or seeds ever grows to perfection; the capsula; are, how- 

 ever, marked with longitudinal sutures, that run down between the two abortive em- 

 Ijrios, which have been formed by the laceration of the style in the growth of one of the 

 loculaments ; for there is no more than one style in any of the flowers of .tkesu species. 



See Soapberry. 



Lignum Rorum 6't'e Savin Tree. 



,1,11 2 LIGNUM 



