atiADDoes TfORTUS JAMAICENS13 171 



3. SCANDF.NS. CLIMBING. 



Fhyllit'di multifield? affinis, filix scandens, inpinnas tantum dhisa\ 

 oblongas, angustas von crenatas. Sloane, V. 1, p. 88, t. 46, f. 1. 



tlaindrns, cattle t: reti glabra, foliis petiolutis angustis subscrrulatis, 

 quandoque'nurftis, quandoque digitalis. Browne,/) 100, Pol. 24. 



Stem flexuose round, fronds conjugate pinnate, leaflets spike-bearing on both 

 sides. 



This has a round root, its top covered with' blackish bair, having many strong fila- 

 ments. Stem round, smooth, small, shining, reddish brown, turning round trees, on 

 which it rises to a considerable height. At every three or four inches it puts forth 

 leaves, mostly opposite, on inch-long foot-stalks, of a nervous texture, and sometimes 

 [divided into two or more unequal parts. It grew plentifully on Mount-Biablo and 

 a#.ther inland mountain parts. Sloane. 



Serpent-withe See Contrayfrva. 

 Seven-ear Vine See Indian Cheeper. 



SHADDOCK. CITRUS. 



Cl. 18, or 3. iolijadclphiaicosandria. Nat. or. JSicorn ! 



'"Gen. char. See Citron, p. 136. 



DECUMAN A. 



Mains aurantia, Jructu rotundo maximo paiiesccnte hu.ma.num caput 

 excedente. Sloane, v. l, p. 41, t. 12, f. 2, 3. Fructu sphterico ob*. 

 ovato, maxima ; cortice aquali, vesiculate, pallida luieo. Br. p. 309. 



Petioles winged, leaves obtuse, emarginate. 

 The shaddock was ori regarded by Linncus as only a vajiiety of the orange, 



from which it principals a: size of the fruit. It grows much the same size 



85 the orange tree, and-has much the same appearance in foliage and flowers, which 

 are very sweet scented. The fruit is large and spherical, and from eight to ten inches 

 -in diameter; some trees have fruit with a red, and others with awhile, pul;>, the for- 

 rner'is* o-ene rally considered the best. The rind is -very thick, while, bitter, and fun- 

 gous. ^The pulp of the best kinds has a most delicious sweet-acid tasfe, by many pre- 

 ferred to the orange. There is a yariet \ known by the name of grape-fruit, on account 

 of its resemblance in fi ivour. to the grape; this fruit is not near so large as the shad- 

 dock, which received its name from a captain Shaddock, who first brought the plant 

 from the East-Indies. These i'.u its are generally in perfection, in Jamaica, hi the month 

 tf December. 



I have seen them much larger than a man's head. The outside skin is of a lemon co- 

 iour, but very smooth, and of a fine scent, exceeding lemon or orange; its rind is 

 Ihick, and full of a volatile essential oil ; next the inside skin is a white substance, as 

 in citrons, and then a juicy pulp appears. Those of the best sort arc of a deep red of 

 5>urple colour, but those that are whi are very sour, and not good.* They say if 



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This is not always the case, for thewhite are sometimes very juicy and well flavoured. 



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