J*i HO-ll-TUS JAMAICENSIS. sp^mcJi 



i 'ni stalk. It is remarkable that in this, and many other American baceiferous plants, 

 the cup Stands under the germen, the embrio is always surrounded by a fleshy 

 ... . , which swells as that increases', and forms the. pulp gradually about it. Browne. 

 This is sometimes called purple hog-plum-tree. 



1. MYKOUALAM/S. 



,V ' ''anus, folio fraxini alato fructu lutro, ossiculo ma gno fibrosa. 

 Sioane, v. 2, p. 125, t.219, f. l, _\ Foliis plurimis pnmatis ova-, 

 lis, racemis terminalibus, cortict interne rubenti. Browne, p. -_-.'. 

 Petioles round, I tuning acumjina,te. 



This is a t Iti '. w '"li a wi I branching head; bar-kash-coloured and full of clefts; 

 cj whitish, smooth, not durable, fit only, for.Tud and making stoppers. Leaves 

 ... mat , " - i . -. with a round. rib, a fuot long; leaflets for. the most 



part eight, with an odd one;, cyat;e-oblong, ending i'n a biuntppini, smooch, nuite 

 entire, pe ioli d, them oes aboul i :s long, the others shorter. ita- 



ly panicle yeljow, length of the leaves, tern .. ing; flowers 



very numcrou , small, whitish, and sessile. Calyx five-toothed, acuminate ; petals 

 sub-lanceolate, acute, spreading very much; anthers erect ; stigmas compressed and 

 bilamellate. V ery fen fi sneceed this abundance of flowers in each raceme. They 

 .,.. . How with sometimes a slight mixture of redness, sweet smelling, covered with a 

 thin skin, the size of a pig< on's egg, having within a little succulent acidulous pulp, 

 and a very large nut ; eaten by some, and making an excellent fo id for hogs. As the 

 branches or cuttings grow so readily, it is u; ime for he . fid they are fre- 



quently planted in pastures to afford shade. Jacquin. Browne observes, that the fila- 

 ments stand uprightj and grow in an even circular order round the germ ; the styles 

 always four, compressed and enlarged at the top. This is called the Jamaica or 

 l > plum-tr 'e, which blossoms in March and the fruit is ripe in August. 



is called the he:. -plum-tree, and is a larger tree than any of the rest, having 

 a large yellow plum, ith a rankish smell, but a pleasant tart taste. The hogs 



i . upon them, they are called hog-plums ; shei eed upon. them .when fal- 



len to the ground. In the year 1716, after a severe fever had left me, a violent in- 

 flammation, pain, and swelling, seized both my legs, with pitting like the dropsy. I 

 used sew ral things, to no effect. A negro going through the house when I was bath- 

 ing th on, said, " M tster, I can cure you," which I desired he would; and immedi- 

 y he brought me hark of tins tw wj.fcb some of the leaves, and bid me bathe with 

 that. I. then marie a bath of them, which made the water a? red as claret, and very 

 rough in taste : I kept my legs immersed in the hath as-long as I could, covering them 

 with a blanket, and then laid myself upon a couch, and had them rubbed very well 

 with warm napkins ; I thtfn covered them warm, and sweaU d very much ; I soon found 

 ease, and fell asleep. Jn five or siv times repeating this method, I was perfectly reco- 

 vered, and had the full strength and use of my legs. Barhaia, p. lis. 



The bark of this tree ha- also been recommended as a cure for glandered horses and 

 jnules, in the following manner : When the disorder is perceived, bleed plentifully 

 twice, giving the following mixture every third morning, and confining the beasts in 

 a close pasture: pound two heads of garlic, cleaned from the trash, add flour of brim- 

 stone, mustard, and antimony, of each as much as can be taken up on the point of a 

 full sized table knife, ami three large spoon fulls of sweet oil ; mix these ingredients 

 with se much decoction of hog-plum bark and ground ivy as will fijl two kirge drench- 

 ing 



