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There is a mixture made and ufed in fome of 



called Mand 



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which a deal of either the one or the other of thefe is employed, and which feldom 



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fails to 



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ppetite in the molt languid fto 



The ingredients are, 



fliced cucumbers, efchalots or onions cut very fmall, a little lime-juice, and Madeir 

 wine, with a few pods of bird or other pepper well inched and mixed in the liquor 

 The pods of this laft fort dried, and pounded with a fufficient quantity of fait 

 is the Cay an pepper or butter of the Wejl-Indiam. 



LYCIUM 1. Spinofum, foliis infer 'tori bus confer tis ovatis, ad pet tola refexis 



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quandoque crenatis. 



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The aculeated Lyciwn^ or Lance-wood. 



This fhrub is common in moft parts of the ifland, but feldom grows to any con- 

 fiderable fize or thicknefs : the leaves are oppofite in the young branches, and from 

 the alas of thefe it generally throws out fo many long and {lender thorns. 



The wood is tough and elaftic, and chiefly ufed for lances. 





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LYCIUM? 2. Fruticofum foliis infer tori bus minor ibus ovatis vix petiolatis, 



fuperioribus ofpofitis. 



The fmaller Lycium^ or Lance- wood. 



Periantium Tubulato-campanulatum, quinque foliolis mittimis quafi ter- 







mmatum. 



Corolla' Monopetala tubulata t tubus cylindraceus calice triplo longior in 



fauce villofus, limbus patens quinquepartitus, laciniis ovatis. 

 Stamina. Filamenta quinque tubo corolla adnata, antherae oblonga inter 



villos foris fecondita. 

 ' " Piftill. Germen conicum deprejfum -, ftylus bifidus;, ftigmata oblonga \ cater a > 



dejiderantur. 



1 found this little flirub at the entrance into Sixteen Mile-walk, on the fide of 

 the eaftern. cleft above the river ; the whole ftalk was not much above an inch and 

 a half in diameter. The appearance of the plant induced me to range it in this 

 clafs, tho' I had not feen the fruit. 



METOPIUM 1. Foliis fubrotundis pinnato-quinatis, racemis alaribus. 



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Terebinthus Maxima pennis paucioribus &:c. SIo. Cat. 167. & H. ii. 



tab. 199. 



The Hog- gum Tree. 



Periantium Monophyllum cyatbiforme quinquecrenatum parvum. 

 Corolla Pentapetala, petalis oblongis parieti calicis inferne adnatis. 

 Stamina. Filamenta quinque brevia petalis fuppoftta, anthers erecla ob- 

 longa. 

 Piftill. Germen ovatum calice quafi inclavatum, ftylus brews, ftigma acutunu ' 

 Pericarpium. Capfula oblcngo-ovata fucco acri tercbtnthinaceo turgida. 

 Semen XJnicum bilobum capfulam q aft e calice formatam vix 



replens, membrand pt pria teclum, et fimdo capj'ula fub- 

 jlantaculo proprio ligatum. 



This tree is frequent enough in Jamaica, and well known for its medicinal gum, to 

 which the very hogs are faid to have recourfe when wounded in the woods. It i ldom 

 rifes to more than 25 or 35 feet, and is very fpreading towards the top. It is fur-* 

 milled with round pinnated leaves, -which are feldom above five on every rib : and the 



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