48- HORTtJS J.AMAICENS-It?; mnq^ 



buslis of rite fniit-of'both are full of oil,-, and the nut black arid sbinlrr^. The cil is uat 

 inferior to, axiii i)v sonic tbcjugliLto be, the rt'al p;ilni oil. The- trunk is use;! for Uitliincr, - 

 ,and tiio bhick seeds, about the size of a walnut, bear a fini' poiishj and a'C frc<iuontly 

 made into beads. The small niaoaw tree is tlic caiidictacuhv/issiiiio, phinis ttd mar,- 

 gi7ics spino^is, fruciibus m<ijusctilisj of Browne, j>. 'Z-Vi ; ::ad iiwpt'hnu spuwsa minora 

 J'ructu pruiiijormi oi Slo>ir>e,.\. 2, p 12!. 







Macnx-Tfefr^SocsMcdfwmi, large bird that fecda upon the fruit of this tree, 

 wbicli is of the palm kind. There are tivo soi'ts of them, but they ditl'er in nothinji but 

 the fruit'; there is one. bigger tlian tiie other. Tiiis tree is full of sharp jiricklcs fr>)ra 

 jts bottom to the top, a)ui all the stalks of the braTulies, vvhiih are exictly like the coui- 

 mon palm. It hatli a bUuk, fiat, round, nut, in shape and bigness of what is called 

 liere the horse-eye bean, covered over when ripe with a yellow putp, like the coronioa. 

 small palm, which the macaw greedily swallows. The outside part r f the body of the 

 tree is excessive hard ; of whicli the Indians make their bows, and several otkcr useful 

 tilings; but the inside is full of "a soft pithy substauce,.. like the cabbage-tree.'-^ 

 Samam,^p. 92-. 



Mace, REED~.S*rt' Reed'Mace.- 

 MAD-AppLE^.S'fc Egg-Plant. 

 Madre de Cacao See Cacao ' id Bean-Tree^'. 

 WAFOOTOO-WiTiiE See Caccons, . 

 Maguey ^fe Jmlk Grass. 



BIAHOE. HIBISCUS. 



Cl. 16, Ofi. G. j\Ionade!p/iia poll/and ria, N.\T. or. Column ife ra^i :. 

 ,Gen..cuar. .S"!;^ Changeable-Hose, p. 175. 



1. ELATPS. HIGH. 



Malva arborea, folio rotujido, cortice in fmies duct'di, flore mitu'afiHi 

 macivw liliaceo. Sloajie, v. 1, p. 215, t. 134, f. \, 2, .3. Arbo-^ 

 reus. Join.'! angulato-cordatis, Jlore amplo croceo, Ugno violacco. - 

 Browne, p. 284. 



Lsave&iCordate-roundish,. entire ; peJuncles very short, one-flowercd ; caiyX : 

 ten -toothed. 



Browne calls this the 7?iO!^/tfww7tf/;oc, whicli groves into a large tree, having beea 

 gpmetimes found sixty feet iiigh, and, eight in circumference. It is frequent in the - 

 woods. The leaves stand at the ends of the branches on long footstalks, corJated, or 

 almost round, about five inches in diameter, a little indented on the edges, soft, . 

 smooth, of a very dark green colour, having veins running from the footstalk as from a 

 GO imion centre. Tne Howers proceed from the ends of the branches, they are large, 

 open, yellow, not unlike the yellow lily, (there is a variety with red flowers, in every 

 respect resemljhng the tree with yellow). In some places it is known by the name of 

 iuUp-tree. Tiie hark makes excellent ropes, and it is also accounted -a- good timber 

 ape. The wood is of a dark glivc colour, the bark pretty smooth, ^and the trunk tall 



