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Pentapetala, petalis ovatis erecJo-patentibus, fere cequalih 



Corolla 



Stamina* Filamenta decern brevia Jimplicia decl 



antherae obi oh 



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ova tee. 



Piftillum. G 



obi 









n g 



ipreffum p 



ftyl 



br 



i?itortus 3 



Pericarp 



inctirviis ; fiigma 



Capful a lig 

 utrinque 



magna, leniter comprejfc 



oblong 



<f a > JtHqua f 



nilocularisy pulpd ft 



Sem 



Pa 



-fibrofd repl 



jcilicet vel quatucr } fuhrotunda & leniter compreffa 



dulantia 



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The flowers of this tree were very young when I examined them ; but the parts 

 vebeen fufficiently diftinct, and appeared in the fame form that we have defcribed 



them h 



itg 



to 



very confiderable (ize, and is looked upon 



mber-treej but it muft be very old befor 



be but fm 



but whetl 



It is a fpreading fhady 



and found 



e. 1 



a native, or originally imported the 

 Antigua, and there I am iatisfied it does grow naturally 



therwife the heart will 

 my parts of Liguanea ; 

 determine. It is very 



This tree yields a fine clear refin 

 makes e finei't varnifh now kn 

 diflfolvH only by the moft dephlegmated 



called Gum Anime in our (hops, and 



but this is beft made with 



irits. but it burns 



readily 



re. It 

 d with 



flame, and grateful fragrant fi 



for which 



fometimes ordered by way 



of fumigatia 

 tive catarrhs. 



bed-chambers of people labouring with afthmas, or fuffoca 



PARKENSONIA r. Aculeata, foliolis minut ijjimi $ pinnatis, pennd longiori 



comprejfa, 



Parkenfonia. L. H. C. & S p. PI. 



The yerufalem Thorn. 



This (hrub was firft introduced to Jamaica from the main, but it now grows 



wild in many parts of this, as well as the other iflands, where it has been originally 

 cultivated for the ufe of inclofures. It feldom rifes above eight feet in height, 

 and is well fupplied with ftrong thorns on every part. The branches are flexile and 

 fmallj and the trunk feldom grows to any confiderable thicknefs. 





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CASSIA i. Arborea, foliis paucioribus ovatis atque pinnatis, Jih 'qua maxima 



cylindracea. 

 Caflia foliis quinquejugatis ovatis acuminatis glabris, petiolis glandulofis, 



L. Sp. PI. 



Caflia fiftula, 5cc. Thez. Zey. pag. 56 



Caflia nigra, feu fiflula p 

 Caflia foh 



&c 



Slo. Cat. & H 



Conna. H. M 



Bontii & OfHc 

 p. 3. t. 22 



The Caffia-ftick Tree. 



This tree grows in many parts of J. 



but I believe it was firfl introduced 



there from fome other part of the world. The pulp that furrounds the feeds be 



the fep 



the long cylindric pods of this pi 



fy gentle 





which may be fafely ufed on every occafion, where a perfon would avoid railing a 

 ftrong irritation in the fibres of the inteftines, and yet lies under a neceflity of 

 opening the paflage : but it is apt to grow rancid when it has been long out of the 

 cells, and generally acquires an acrimony that renders the administration of it pre- 

 carious or dangerous in that ftate. 



CASSIA 





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