66 HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. FWft*T* 



purplish above and more so beneath, their veins finely tinged with the same- colour. ^ 

 J. Robinson. There is another pig ton-it ood, better known by that name, and notice^ 

 ill the following article, whose genus is perhaps still undetermined. 



# 2. ELLIPTICA. ELLIPT.C. 



Leaves elliptic, pubescent ; fio.wers wijji four stamens. 5a?,- 



1'IGEON OR ZEBRA WOOD:- Genus UnJcnoun: 



Gl. 5, OR. I. PenUindria monogynia. 



Gen. CHAIt. Calyx a perianth, very small, monophyllous, campanulate, quinquefid, 

 pregnant with the germ, and permanent; corolla monqpetalous, and funnel- 

 shaped ; the tube slender, pentagonal, and four times the length of the cup ; the 

 limb is quinquefid, the lacinia linear, channelled or furrowed on their iuside, re- 

 volute, and one-third longer than the tube; there are five small glam's, one 

 placed at each divarication of the lacinia? ; the stamina consist of five cqual.decli- 

 nated filaments, arising from the base of the tube, equalling the laciniae in length; 

 anthers very long, slender, and vermiform ; trie style is filiform, undulated, and 

 equal in length to the corolla ; the fruit is an oblong ovate capsule, bivalved, and 

 splitting open from the top to the base, coronated with the lacinite of the cup ; 

 the seeds are many, small, round, compressed, and decorated with a ibliaceous 

 margin. 



Fvliis ob-orato cbloigis, spiciffis alaribus ; ligno durisshno^ ex sub- 

 luteo etfusco variegato. Browne, p. 368. 



Browne places this tree among those whose characters he had not been able to obtain. 

 It is a shrubby tree, generally found in the mountains, rising sixteen or eighteen feet 

 high, but seldom exceeds four inches in diameter. The wood is bard, of a close even. 

 grain, bears a good polish, and is beautifully striped and clouded. It is used by car- 

 penters for fineering. 



PIIUENTA. MYRTUS. 



Cr.. 12, or. l. Icosandria monogynia. Nat. or.. Ilcxperidtei - 

 GEN. CHAR. See Baybcrrv, p. 75. 



PIMENTA. ._ 

 Myrtus arborca aromatica foliis lawunis. Sloane, v. 2, p.,76, t. If"T, 

 f. 1. Foliis oblongo emits, racemis tenninalibus el lateralibus. 

 Browne, p. 247. 



Flowers trichotomous-panicleu ; leaves oblong-lanceolate. 



The pimenta, pimento, Jamaica pepper, or allspice-tree, grows about thirty feet 

 in height and two in circumference ; the branches near the top are much divided und 

 thi'-l ly beset with leaves, which, by their fontinual verdure, always gives the tree a 



beautiful 



