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HYPELATE i. Fruticofa, foliis obovatis pinnate -tematis, petiolo mar- 



ginato ajpxis. 



The trifoliated Hvbelate. 



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■ Periantium Tetraphyllum, foliatis ovatis. 

 Corolla 'Tetrapetala tenuis j petaiis ovatis foli&lis calicis fmilibus. 

 Ne&arium. Umbilicus carnofus germini circumduffius. 

 Stamina. Filament a oclo, germ en inter & umbilicum enata ; inde defiexa, 



■ & umbilico quafi adnata - y fuperne libera, ereBo-patentia. An- 

 therae fubrotunda. 



Piftillum. Germen minimum oblongum angulatum truncatum; frylus brevis; 



ftigma acutum. 



This fhrubby tree is very common in the low lands, and feldom rifes above eight 



or nine 



feet 



in 



height. 



It is full of flender branches, and furnifhed with many 



leaves of the fame texture and grain with tho/e of Lignum-vkce j they are, how- 

 ever, remarkably different both in .form and difpofition. I have never feen the 

 fruit of this plant in the perfect ftate. 



OENOTHERA i. AJfurgens glabra, foliis lanceolatis alternis integerrimis % 



ftoribus jblitariis alaribus. 



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The fmooth Primrofe-willow. 



OENOTHERA 2. Affur gens hirfut a, ftoribus folk ar Us. 



The hairy Primrofe-willow.- 



OENOTHERA 3. Herbacea repens. 



The fmall creeping Primrofe-willow. 



Thefe three fpecies are natives of Jamaica, and found about mod of the rivulets 

 lagoons, and marfliy lands in the ifland : the laft fort is frequent in the low lands' 

 about Plantain-garden river. All the plants of this tribe are mild fubaftrin<*ents and 

 vulneraries, which may be very properly adminiilered in infufions,. upon all 

 fions were fuch medicines are required. 



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AMYRIS. 1. Arbor cus, foliis bijugatis ovatis glabris, race mis lax is termina- 



libus. 





Lauro ajfinis, & lignum Rodium. Slo. Cat. 137. & H. t. 168 



White Candle wood, or Rofe-wood. 



Periantium Minimum monophyllum quadridentatum. 



Corolla 



^Tetrapetala, petaiis oblo?igo- ovatis 

 ciduis. 



estate reftSlentibus, cito de- 



Stam 



Filament a ofto erect a % quorum quatuor cceteris paulo breviora (i 



Pift 



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Gf petaiis Juppoft 

 Germen oblongo-ovatum ; 

 obtufum fubrottindum 



therae fubrotundcr, 



fly 1 us nullus vel brevifji, 



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icarp 



Bacca oblongo-ovata uniloculars s , nucelld unica, quandoque ge 



folida 



loculari reft 



This tree is found in the woods of St. Ann 



parifh of Port-Royal; it grows to 



the 



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noft valuabl 



fiderable fize. and 



d thofe back of Bull- bay, in the 



fidered as one of 



Qber 



in the ifland, but is not common. The wood is 



white, andof a curled grain when young, but grows of a dirty clouded a (h 



g 



bears a fine polifli, and has a fine in 



quently cut for fire- wood in th 



The younger trees are fre 



they are full of refin, burn very freely, 



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