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j 5 8 THE NATURAL HISTORY 



PLUMBAGO i» Spicis ramofis terminalibus, petiolis brevibus, flore albo. 



Plumbago Foliis petiolatis. L. H. C. & Sp. PI. 

 Dentellaria Lychnoides filvatica, &c. Slo. Cat. 91.&H. t. 133. 

 Tumba Cadiveli H. M. P. 1 o. t. 8. 





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The larger Plumbago with branched flower-fpikes. 



This plant is very common among the bullies in all the low lands : it is of an acid 

 corrofive nature. 



CEDRELA 1. Foliis majoribus pinnatis, fortius laxe racemofs, ligno levi 



odor at 0. Tab. 10. fig. i. 

 Cedrus Barbadienfmm alat is fraxini foliis, &c. Pk. Phy. t. 157. f. 1. 

 Pruno forte Affinis Arbor maxima, £JV, Slo. Cat. 182. & Hji. t.220. f.2. 



Barbadoes Cedar. 



Periantium. Monophyllum tubulato-campanulatum quinque crenatum. 



Corolla. Monopetala calice duph longior, ultra medietatem in quinque lacinias 



oblongas feci a. 

 Stamina. Filamenta quinque corolla breviora, inferne craffiora & germini adnata^ 



fuperne libera ; antherae fubrotundae . 

 Piftillum. Germen fubrotundum, ftylus longitudinis Jlaminum, ftigma crajfum 



capitatum 



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Pericarpiurn. Capfula ovata quinquelocularis , quinquevalvis & quinquefariam 



vel a baft vel ab afice dehifcens, ex involucro gemim con- 

 JlruBa -, exterius crajfum ligneum, inter ius ienuius configuum, 

 £? feminibus immediate fuperimpofttum. 

 Receptaculum. Columnar e oblongum incquale pentagmum per axem longitudi- 



nalem capfulce porreflum, angulis Jiffuris capfula oppojitis. 

 Semina. Flurima oblonga comprej/a, inferne tumida, Jupernd membranacm ala- 



to-caudata, imbricati?npofita, & nervo tenui per alam porrecJo apici 



receptaculi adnata. 



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This tree was very common, and fiill continues to grow in many parts of the Illand; 

 it is one of the largeft timber-trees in the woods, and frequently found about fix or 



feven feet in diameter : the trunk is covered with a rough bark marked with longitu 



dinal filfures, which as well as the berries and leaves, has fo difagreeable a fmell (a) 

 while frefh, that few people care to go into the woods where any of thofe trees have 

 been recently cut down : the timber, however, has a pleafant fmell j it is very full of 

 a dark refinous fubftance, light, porous, and eafily worked ; and much efteemed 

 for wainfcoting, and the internal partitions of moft forts of cabinet ware. It makes 

 ood planks and ihingles for houfes, but cannot be made into calks, as all fpirituous 

 iquors difiblve a great quantity of its natural refin, and acquire a ftrong bitter tafte 

 from thence : it is the beft wood we know of for canoes and petiagers of a larger 

 fize, and frequently made into worm-tubs as well as other water conveniencies. 



CEDRELA 2. Foliis pinnatis, ftoribus fparfis, ligno gr avion. 



Arbor Foliis pinnatis, &c. Catef. Vol, ii. t. 81. & Miller, in Appen. 



Mahagony. 



r This tree grew formerly very common in Jamaica, and While if could be had in 

 the low lands, and brought to market at an eaiy rate, furnifhed a very confiderabfe 



{a) The fmell of all the outward and more tea J* parts of this tree perfectly refembles that of JJfa foe- 



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