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branch of the exports of that Ifland j it thrives in moft foyls, and varies both its 

 grain and texture with each : that which grows 



among the rocks is fmaller, but 





very 

 hard and weighty, of a clofe grain and beautifully fhaded ; while the produce of 



the low and richer lands is obferved to be more light and porous, of a paler co- 

 lour and open grain ; and that of mixed foyls to hold a medium between both. 

 The tree grows very tall and fleight, and generally bears a great number of capfulce 

 in the fdafon ; the flowers are of a reddifh or faffron colour, and the fruit of an 



oval form and about the fize of a turkey's egg, while that of the foregoing fpecies 



hardly exceeds the fize of a nutmeg. The wood is generally hard, takes a fine po- 

 lifh, and is found to anfwer better than any other fort in all kinds of cabinet- ware -, 

 it is now univerfally efteemed and fells at a good price > but it is pity that it is not 



It is a very ftrong 



cultivated in the more convenient wafte lands of that Ifland. 



timber, and anfwers very well in beams, joiffs, plank, boards and mingles j and has 

 been frequently put to thofe ufes in Jamaica in former times. 



C E £> R E L A 3. Coroli folio ampliori, fruSfu pent a g 



Houft. apud Mill 



This plant does not grow in J t 



and is only inferted here to (hew 



another fpecies of the kind known : it was difcovered by Mr. Houjlon near the 



Gulf of Honduras, and is faid to grow very larg 





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CONOCARPUS 1. Foliis eliptico-ovatis, petiolis biglandulatis, race mi 5 



Mangle 



laxis, frucJibus fejunclis 

 Foliis elipticis ex adverfo na/centibus. Slo. Cat. 1 56. & H. vol. ii. 66. 



The white Mangrove. 



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Periantium. Germen compreffum obotiatum, ad utrumque latus medio margine 



denticulo notatum, ad apicem excavatum, quinque folioUs- mini" 

 mis fubrotundis cochleatis conniventibus color atis coronatum. 



Corolla. Petala quinque minima, foliolis calicis fuppofita, cohnhentia, decidua. 



Stamina. Filament a quinque brevia conniventia ; antherae globofa. 



Piftillum. Germen ut fupra defcriptum calicula coronatum, ftylus brevijjimus, 



fligma obtufum fungofum. 



Pericarpium. Capfula fungofo+corticofa comprejfa obovata, ad utrumque mar- 



ginem prominula £? fubangulata, uni /ocularis, coronata. 

 Semen. Uni cum oblongum,membraned propria obvolutum, intra capfulam germinans. 



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CONOCARPUS 2. Foliis oblongis, petiolis brevibus, fori bus in caput 



conicum colleclis. 

 Conocarpus FreBa foliis oblongis. L. Sp. PI. 

 Alnus Maritima myrtifelia corariorum. Pk. t. 240. f. 3. 

 AlnifruftU Laurifoli a Arbor, &c. Slo. Cat. 135. & H. t.161. 



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The Button-tree, or Button-wood. 



Both thefe trees are very common in Jamaica; and grow very luxuriantly in all th 

 low fandy bays and marfhes round the Ifland ; they feldom rife above fifteen or fix 

 teen feet, and are of little ufe : the bark of the latter is faid to tan leather well. 



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Subfruticofa, foliis oblongis angujlis utrinque acutis, radic 



MORENDA 



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croced. 





Morinda Procumbens. L. H, C. & Sp. PI 

 An. Periclimenum SurrecJum, &c. Pk. t. 



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The fmaller fliruby Morinda 



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