220 H R TV $ J \ M A I C E N S I S. rWEET*arB 



tft'e BiNDIVEEDS, ClIHI-TMAsG MB' L. I nDIAN CREEPER, Pl/UGING-SJ Av-BUSB ,y 'EtB*. 



Swep.t-S.op See bouR-Soi?. 



Sweet- William iVc Indian Creeper. 



SWEETWOODU LAURirg. 



Cl. 9, or. i. E.nneandriamanogynia, NaT. ok. holoracct* 



#e . Char. Sec Avocado Pear, vol. i. p. 37. 



1. BORBONIA. BOURBON. 



La urns folio hngior/e, flore hexapetah rvcemeso, fimetu kamittftirif? 

 Sloane, v. 2, p, 21, t. 165 Foliis oblmigo ovatis, alternis, vevos s , 

 r.acemis ttrm'nalibus, calicibus simplicibus. Browne, p 213 



Leaves oblong lanceolate, perennial, veined, fruits oblong, immersed in a ; 

 berried receptacle. 

 This tree is called timber sweetwood, and rises to a considerable size ; the branches 

 are nuin thus. The leaves are pedicelled and grow without order, they are larger than 

 th ise of the common bay trees, being fr quently seven inches long and two broad, tiiey 

 are shining, hard, smooth, thin, with middle and transverse nerves; when broken 

 they have an agreeable smell. The flowers come out in long scattered bunches to- 

 war Is the en. Is ol the branches, of a white colour, with reddish peduncles : the berries 

 are blackish blue, having within the pulp one kernel. This tree grows in great abund- 

 ance in the lower hills in Jamaica, and is esteemed an excellent timberwood ; its leaves 

 vary between oval and -oblong, according to the soil and age. The wood, leaves, and 

 flowers have an agreeable smell Pigeons feed upon the berries, which is thought to 

 give their flesh a bitter flavour 



2. l.EUCOXVLON. WHITE-WOOD. 



" Foliis venom oval is, fruclu majori, calicibus (icnidis, laciniis refiexis. 

 Browne, p 214. 

 Leaves oblong lanceolate, flat, perennial, racemes shorter than the leaves, 

 calyxes incrassated, warted 

 This is called loblolly sweetwood or white wood, also common in Jamaica. The ber- 

 ries are as large as cherries, plump and black, and the cups pretty thick and swelling. 

 The leaves and tender shoots make excellent fodder for cattle. Brown*. The woo^- 

 is soft and unfit for building. 



See Avocado Pear, Bay Trees, Benjamin, Camphire, Cogwootk 



SWITCH SORREL. DODONEA. 



Cl. 8, or 1. Octandria monogynia. Nat. or. Dumosa ? 



This was so named in honour of Rembert Dodonaeus, a famous botanist of the 

 sixteenth century. 

 Gen ch.\r. Cal)x a four-leaved flat perianth ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, concave, de- 

 ciduous ; no coroiia ; stamens eight very short filaments ; anthers oblong, bowed, 



converging^ 



