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All thefe fpecies of the Rhamnus are found in Jamaica; the two firfl forts grow 

 generally among the other (hrubs in the low lands, but the third is a climber, and 

 generally found in the drier hills. The bark of all thefe plants is of a pleafant bitter 

 tafte, and railes a great fermentation in the jalha, or any rich liquor it may be 

 agi-ated with. The third fort is frequently ufed to ferment, and give a flavour to 

 thofe fmall diluting liquors called cool drinks ; but is generally kept to rub and 

 clean the teeth, which it really whitens and preferves far better than any thing 

 I have yet known; for it ferves both as a brum and cleaning powder upon thefe 

 occafions. 





RHAMNUS? An Ziziphus. Arbor efcem foliis oblcngo-ovatis hirfutis & leniter 



ferratis^jloribus minimis, race mis alaribus. Tab. 12. f. 2. 



Periantium Nullum. 



Corolla Monopetala, in quinque lacinias obhngas carinatas eretto-conniventes 



ad bafim feffa. 



Stamina. Filamenta quinque brcvia intra lacinias corolla recondita ; anthers 



oblongo-ovatce. 

 PifHIL Germen ovatum y itilus aqualisjitnplcx brevis i (ligm&Jimplex. 

 Pericarpium. Bacca pulpoj'a jubrotunda nucleo unicoj'ceta % nauco propria tecJo: 



This mrubby tree grows at the foot of the hill, near Doftor Gregory s at Plan- 

 tain garden river. It feldom rifes above ten or twelve feet, and throws out a 

 great a number of loofe branches. 



CESTRUM 1. Fruticofum, foliis obhngo-ovatis, floribus fafciculatis pedunculatis 



alaribus. 

 Ceflrum Floribus pedunculatis , L. H. C. & Sp. PL 

 *' Jafminum Laurinis foliis Jlore palide luteo 6cc. Slo. Cat. 169. &H, t. 204. 



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This (hrub is very common in the 1« 



pht feet from the ground; the leaves are fmooth and 



d feldom rifes above fi 



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ge groops at the alas of th 



iizeofoUx European black 



changed by every acid. The nightingales are faid to feed upon the be 

 flirub, which are reckoned very poifonous. 



d the flowers difpofed 



they are fucceeded by fo many berries of the 



and full of a blue pulp, but the colour is eafily 



ries of this 



S O L AN U M 1 , Hirfulu m £? fpinofum , fruclu maximo y calice m ajori fpinofo, 

 Solanum Caule aculeato fruticojb foliis repandis calicibus aculcatis, L. Sp. PI. 

 Solanum Pomiferum Sec. Pk. t. 226. f. 3. & Slo. Cit. io3. 

 Me Ion gen a Frufiu oblongo y &c. Flor. oc The. Zcy. 



Nila-Barudena'j H. M. p. 10. t. 74. 



The Brown- Jolly, or Bolangena. 



This plant lives lome years 



d feldom rifes above th 





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it imported in.o Jamaica by the Jews, and 

 people. It generally bears a number of large b 



four feet in heig 

 cultivated there 



hich (hoot and ripen 



very % 

 c.rnefs 



dually ; thefe flictd, pickled for a few hours, and botled to a ten- 

 fed inftead of greens, .and frequently ferved up in plates among the 





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SOLANUM 2. Vilhfum& fpinofum. fnicfu major! mucronato luteo. 

 Solanum Caule acukato herbaceo f foliis cordaiis quinque lobis 3 calicibus acul 



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