pMic5 TORTUS JAMAICENSIS^. 43fl9' 



{ind straiglit. AU the tender parts of tJe tree abound \\itli a delicate ni\K-ilagP, an.l 

 might, no douht, he used instead of the vanglo or zezegary. The ac/iuma mail aviscitf- 

 i^n:Aicd by Hiowuc ihc s/ifiibbj/ vn>uutiiinm<i/uu', 



3. TILIAtEOL'S. l.lME-TItF.E-LEAVEU. 



Maha orhorca viaritinw, folio suhratinido mhtpre aciiwinalo suhfus" 

 caiuUdo, cortce in Junes duct Hi Jiore lutco. Sloane, v. I, p. 215, 

 t. I :!4, f. 4. I\I<u-itima, arhorcsccus, di/fusa ; foliis orbicu/ato-cor" 

 lUitis, Uniter crcnutis, mbtus cincrfis. Browne, p. 28K 



L'eaves cordate, roundish, undivided, acuminate, creiiate; stem arboreous ; 

 outer-cal^x ten-toothed. . 



This tree is frequent by the sea-side in many parts of Jamaica. Sloane calls it the 

 sea-mahoe, ov mangrove, and Browne the m/iw, or bay k-ti'ee. Ii has several stems, 

 and rises couinioniy to the height of sixteen or eighteen feet. The leaves are smaller' 

 than those of the foregoing species, of a whiter-green colour, and a little pointed. 

 The flowers are. also the same, but yellow; in every other respect these plants bear a 

 great reseinblance. The bark- is also very tough, afld not much inferior to either hemp 

 or flax on many occasions', it is iiaturally white, and a fine, soft, filamentous, texture ; 

 which must undoubtedly render it extreinely fit for the paper mill. The negroes make 

 ropes of it, which, tarred and well-twisted, would probably not be inferior to those 

 made of hemp. All parts of the tree, especially the flowers, abound with a fine muci- 

 lage, and are both emollient and laxativ-e. Sloane S( Bron'ne. Tiie flowers come in- 

 loose spikes at the ends of the branches, and are succeeded by short acuminated cap- 

 sules, opening in five-ceils, and filled with heart-shaped seeds. The inner bark ami 

 rind is very strong, and may be drawn off in flakes, and made into ropes. Dampier 

 wentions, .that privateers often made use of the bark of this tree for their rigging. 



3. CI.YPEATUS. 



Malva arhcrea, folio oblon go ^cuminato, reluio, dentalo et leviter si~ 

 nuato, jiove ex rubrojiwvescente. Sloane, v. 1, p. 2 IS, t. 135, f. 1^ 



Leaves cordate-angular; capsules turbinate, truncate, hispid. 



This plant is called the C'o?;,5'o ?7;c//(7C,- it rises from six to twelve feet high, having, 

 ^ti woody, upright, trunk, round, pubescent; branches sub-divided, stiff, upright;,, 

 tomentose. Leavas alternate, acuminate, tooth-letted, nerved, hirsute, and some- 

 what scabrous, soft-tomentose unlerneath ; petioles longer, stiff, round, tometnose, 

 Eiiiuncies Irom the terminating axils, upright, thicker than the petioles, stiff, long-, . 

 i!oi!nd,..white-toinentose, one-flowered ; corollas pale, sometimes dusky j-ellow, or 

 yellowish-carnation colour, according to Sloane ; the outer' calyx is ten-cleft, at the 

 base; leaflets reflex, hirsute ; inner one unequal, thick, five-parted; the three hinder 

 parts upright, broad ovate, acumuiate, nerved, wrinkled,- rough with hairs: petal* 

 unequal, the three hinder ones more erect, the two front ones bent down, united at 

 he base, iiroad-lanccolate, blunt, thick, tome iiose on the outside : filauicnts united 

 above tlie middle ; anthers oblong, small, fnlvou;. ; 'jerm hirsute, ovate, depressed j 

 stigmas red; capsule large, roundish, furrowed, extremely hirsute, with ten blunt 

 :ing|.es j^^eeeds roundish, J?,rge, wliiiish. It grows but rarely in the island of Jamaica, . 



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