HAKGTiovB HORT'U'? JAMAICENSIS. 4h.t 



rumin seeds, are made into a decoction, wliicii is thought liiglily ocnrncia! in coiioh 

 nml asthma, aiul otlier affections of the thorax : t!;e stones roasted ;;io snid to cnrG 

 looseness, ^vhicli Garcias found to he true: the stalks calcined and rechioe 1 to pon-.l.r 

 are said to cure warts : the hark of the tree pulverised, and taken in ehickeu broth, is 

 an excellent dissolvent of extravasated and coaonlated hlood, occasioned hy a fall, in 

 anj' part of the hody : the juice of the bark, with the wliite of an eir<r, and a very little 

 opium, taken inwardly, is a present renicdy against the diarrha-a, dysentery, and 

 tenesmus Of the gum of the tree, and flour of rice, with the addition of a"^ small 

 quantity of opium, are prepared pills, which also cure all sorts of fluxes of the belly : 

 of tlie flour of the dried kernels the natives have the ait of preparing; various kinds of 

 food. James, Jroiii Chamber'' s Cyclopedia. 



MANGROVE. RHIZOPHORA. 



Ci.. 11, OR. 1. Bodccandvia monogijnia. Nat. or. Iloloracets., 



This name is derived from two Greek words signifying root-bearing. 



Gen. aiAR. Calyx a ORC-leafed perianth, four or many-parted, patulous ; 'JOg. 

 ments oblong, acuminate, jiermanent ; the corolla has four or more petals, oI)Ioiig^ 

 rather shorter than the calyx ; the stamens have scarcely any filaments, alternately 

 shorter ; anthers four to twelve, small, acuminate ; the jiistil has a superior round- 

 ish germ ; an awl-sliaped semi-bitid style, grooved on each. side ; -and acute stig- 

 nias ; the pericarp fleshy, sub-ovate, inclosing on'ty the base of the seed ; seed 

 single, club-oblong, .acuminate, --flesliy at the base. One species is a native of 

 Jamaica. 



MANGLE. 



'Mangle pi/rifoliis cum siliquis longis ficui Indicte affinis. Sloane, v. 

 2, p. 63. Utrinque bracliiata ; fol'iis elliptico-oiHttis, suvtmis ramh 

 dispositis. Browne, p. 211. 



Leaves acute ; fruits aubulate-clavate. 



The mangrove tree rises feiiirty, forty, or even fifty, feet high ; the trunTc about the 

 size of the human body, with a whitish, smooth, thick, bark, and white spots ujjon it. 

 The wood is white, but becomes rcil when macerated in water. Leaves ovate, slightly 

 .attenuated at the end, blunt, quite entire, shining, coiiaceous, deep green on the 

 upper surface, on the lower yellowish green, with blakish dots, petiolf^d, opposite, 

 fiom three to si.x inches long ; on the younger brandies, which have no flowers, they 

 are about two inches asunder, and in young trees the iniernodes are even six inche.'^ 

 long ; huton the aid and flowering branches they are nearer, and very oJd ones are al- 

 most covered with leaves. Each pair of leaves, before unfolded, is rolled up in Mvo 

 oblong, convoluted, erect, stipules, which scon fall off, leaving two scars on the 

 branch, alternate with the leaves. Common peduncles axillary, solitar}-, an inch long, 

 compressed, marked with a longitudinal groove, two-flo\vcred, bifid, sometimes three- 

 flowered, and obscurely three-cornered ; pedicels round, and half an inch long, but 

 in the fruit they are lengthened out two inches or more Tlie flowers are commonly 

 without scent, but sometimes a little sweet ; calyx deeply four-cleft, yellowish; petals 

 four, wliitish ; anthers constantly eight, sessile, as long as the style, sepeiaiing elas- 



tically 



