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CHIOCOCCA I. Sarmentofa foliis myrtineis cppo/itis,fpicis phirimis taw 



ijjimis & terminatibus & ex alisfupremis. 



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Lonicera. Race mis later a li bus fmplicibus fori bus pendulis foliis integerimis. 



L. Sp. PI. 



Jafminim. Forte folio myrtineo, aliorum adminacido fe fujlinens, &c. Slo. Cat, 



169, an. Hijl. 11. p. 97, t. 188. 

 Pittonia. Plum, & Hert. Farifenfs. 



Snow- berry, or David's-root. 



Periantium. Minimum fubtumidum pregnane quinque denticulis cor Gnat um. 

 Corolla. Sat is magna moncpetalaconico-campanulatacaducaylimbus quinque-parlitus, 



laciniis acuminatis eretlis brcvibus. 





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Filament a quinque erect patentia fore longiora, antherae cvata?, 

 Germen minimum fubrotundum call ce tectum & coronatum 3 ftilus tenuis 

 /implex longitudinefam. fligma /implex. 

 Pericarpium. Bacca fubrotunda leniter comprejfa pulpofa nivea bilocularis, den* 



iiculis calicis coronata. 



Semina. Duo fubrotunda, comprejfa folitaria. 



This genus has been hitherto confounded with the Tournefortia, from which I 

 have now juftly feparated it : The plant defcnbed here grows very common in 

 the lower hilly lands of Jamaica, efpecially thofe between Spanijh-tcwn and St. 

 Faith's ; it begins to branch immediately above the root, rifes by many moots and 

 ilender twigs, from four to feven or eight feet, fometimes more ; but when fo luxu- 

 riant, it requires to be fupported by fome of the neighbouring Ihrubs, without which 

 it would not be able to ftand : The flower-fpikes are very Ilender and numerous 

 towards the top of the branches, and moot from thence as well as from the alas 

 of the upper leaves, or lefler branches -, the berries are of a fnowy colour, and 

 loofe texture, very numerous, and of a round but fomewhat comprefled figure, 

 each containing two comprefled feeds. 



The root of the plant has much the fame bitter acrid tafte with the feneka fnake- 

 root, and has been a long time ufed as a Itrong refolutive and attenuant in thole co- 

 lonies : I have known it adminiftered with great fuccefs in obftinate rheumatifms, 

 and old venereal taints } nor is it intirely ufelefs even in the Spina Ventofa (common- 

 called Boneake.) I have frequently obferved very ftubborn complaints eafed, 

 and fometimes removed by the continued ufe of this, and a few mercurial alterants j 

 but it is bell: ufed in decoctions, which may be made either ftronger or weaker, 

 or impregnated with other ingredients as occafion requires. The fmaller the plant 

 grows the more Iharp and biteing the root is, and confequentf y the better. 



CHIOCOCCA. 



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Scan dens Jarm&tis tenuijfimis & fere indhifs. 





The climbing Snow-berry. 



I have feen one plant of this kind in the woods between o7. Thomas's and Man- 

 geneel ; it grew to a considerable height among the trees, and threw down fome of 

 its Ilender twigs again to the ground : I am apt to think it a different fpecies, tho' the 

 leaves are very like thofe of the former plant. 



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An, Tecomaxachill. H. 408? 



An, Pk. 329.6. 



1 . Foliis majoribus nitidis cvatis oppofitis, fori bus am* 



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