eottboei.ua IIORTUS JAM'AI CENSI 9. 127 



corolla, four petal*, twice as large as the calyx, oblong, obtuse, concave ; stamens 

 very many filaments, inserted into the ball of the calyx, length of the corolla, with 

 small anthers ; the pistil has u turbinate inferior germ ; a simple style, the length 

 of the stamens ; and a simple siigma; the perici.rp a four-cornered drupe, crow tied, 

 one-celled;, seed a roundish smooth uut. 



JAM30S.- 



Leaves quite entire ; peduncles brant heJ, terminating. 



This tree rises twenty or thirty feet high, with handsome spreading branches. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, opposite. Flowers mostly terminating, but some come out from, 

 the sides. Fruit round, smooth, crowned with the calyx, of a fine yellow colour when 

 ripe, about two inches in diameter: the rind about a quarter of an inch thick, hollow, 

 containing a roundish nut, which rattles in the fruit when ripe. The rind has a sweetish 

 watery taste, with a flavour like roses, from which the name has been derived ; but is_ 

 not in much esteem as a fruit. This tree is a native of the East Indies, and was intro- 

 duced into Jamaica in the year 1762, by Zachary Bayley, Esq. and is so hardy as to 

 thrive well in almost any soil, multiplying itself so much by scattering its seeds, thai, 

 wherever there is a bearing tree, the surrounding land will be covered with young 

 plants, very troublesome in some situations, as the seeds take root aud grow very 

 speedily. 



The malacensis, or Otaheite apple ; and the jarnholanu, or jainbolan, both species 

 of this genus, were also brought to Jamaica in his Majesty's ship Providence, in the 

 year 17y3. 



ROSEMARY. ROSMARINUS. 



Cl. 2, or. l. Diandriamonogynia. Nat. or. Verlicillata. 

 GEN. char. Calyx a one-leafed perianth ; corolla unequal, with the upper lip two 

 parted; stamens two long filaments, curved, simple, with a tooth; anthers sim- 

 ple; the pistil has a four-cleft germ ; style like the stamens, stigma simple; no 

 pericarp ; calyx containing the seeds, which are four, ovate. 



OFFICINALIS^ OFFICINAL. 



Leaves sessile. 



This well known plant has been long cultivated in Jamaica, but does not thrive so 

 well as some other European plants, though sufficiently to supply enough for common 

 ses. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm puugent bitterish taste, and considered 3 

 <rood ingredient in discutient baths. 



Rosemary, Wild See Wild Rosemary. 

 Rosewood See Candle-Wood. 



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No English Name. ROTTBOELLJA , 



Cu 3, OH; 1. Polygamia monoecia. Nat. or. Gramina. 



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