PLUME' 



IIORTUS JAMAICENSIS. 77 



manufactured into rope at his majesty's dockyard, Port-Royal, the following results 



were obtanied : 



c-a't. qrs lbs. 



King's nine thread inch rope, broke by the weight of. 6 1 14 



Dr. West's specimen ~ 6 2 



Specimen from the parish of St. Andrew 6 1 



Ditto Portland 4 2 



Ditto St. George 3 2 



The above specimens were made of the same size as the king's rope. 



It appears also from several experiments that the inside fibres are stronger than the 



outside, but spun together have a good average strength. This hemp incorporates 



freely with tar, and its goodness greatly depends in completely evaporating the sap ; 



otherwise the least fermentation greatly impairs its strength : it cannot, therefore, be 



too thoroughly dried.before it is packed for use or exportation. 



Plum, Cocco See Coccq Plum. 

 Plum, Damson See Damson Plum. 

 Plum, Hog See Spanish Plum. 

 Plum, Maiden See Maiden Plum. 

 Plum, Spanish See Spanish Plum. 



PLUME-TREE. . Genus Doubtful. 



Cl. S, OR. 1. Octandriamonogynid. 



Gen*, char. The calyx is an entire bell-shaped perianthium, lightly cut into four 

 or five obtuse dents on its margins ; the corolla monopetalous, campanulate, twice 

 the lenoth of the perianthium ; the tube very short ; limb cut into four or five 

 lanceolate segments, nearly the length of the tube, and sometimes patent ; the 

 nectarium, or stamen, is cylindrical, supporting eight sagittated erect antherse 

 on its margins, with as many intermediate upright subulated segments; the nec- 

 tarium is somewhat shorter than the corolla; the germen is semi-globose and hairy, 

 having the style short, the stigma capitated and undivided; the pericarpium is a 

 globose capsule, splitting into three valves, and dividing into as many capsules, 

 containing one or two seeds in each. 



Plumea foribus albes centibus, spicatis axillaribus, pinnatis lokis al- 

 ternatis. 



The" plume-tree is very common in Clarendon mountains, and grows to the height 

 of fifty or sixty feet, with a straight stem, which is commonly hollow at the heart, and 

 about a foot and a half in diameter. It blossoms in November ; the flowers are very 

 small, and of a whitish green. The leaves grow alternately on the middle-rib ; they. 

 re-fa deep green, compact, substance. The wood is red. 



Pockwood See Lignum- Vit*,. 



POISON ' 



