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cafes^renders it fuperior to the other. The fruit is very agreeable, and full of 



g J uic e ; which has been fometimes expreftcd in conliderable qua 



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fubaft 



titles, fermented, and obferved to make a fine rough wine, that may be ufed 

 great propriety on many occaiions, efpecially where the vifcera of folid fyftem h 

 been greatly relaxed; and in fuch. cafes the crude juice is fometimes allowed with 

 fuccefs. The (hell of the^iut contains a great quantity of cauftic oil, lodged 

 in the cells between its laminae j with which fome of our American beauties (kin 

 their faces from time to time. This troublefome operation they undergo with 

 great patience; during which they are obliged to refrain from all manner of com- 

 pany and converfation, and to keep in clofe confinement : it holds generally for 

 fourteen or fifteen days ; and the inflammations raifed, during the procefs, fre- 

 quently give thofe ladies reafon to repent of this piece of vanity; lor it leaves 

 the countenance fometimes more deformed, than any fpots or freckles could have 

 made it. Happy, had they been fo intent on the improvements of the mind, 

 which they but too frequently neglecf ; while they bear fo much pain, with 

 a thorough refignation, to imitate our fnakes and adders. 



The almond or kernel is of a delicate tafte, and thought not inferior to any of 

 European delicacies of this fort; but you have it generally roafted; for they are 



obliged to burn the (hell, to procure the kernel free from 

 the oil. 



acrimony of 





N. B. Some of thefe trees bear a yellow, and fome a red fruit; but this va- 

 riation I take to be owing to fome difference in the foil or culture. 



CffiSALPINIA i. Arbor -ea, intrmh\ foliis minor thus paribus bipinnatis, ligno 



kermejino. 

 Caefalpinia foliolis ovatis infegerrimis. L. Sp. PI. 6c M. Med. 

 Pfeudo-Santelum croceum, &c. Slo. Cat. 213. 6c H. t. 132. 



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Brafiletto. 



Periantium Monophyllum y infe'rne ventricofum, in quinque lacinias profunde 



fecJum ; quorum fuperiores aquales, ereclo-patentes ; poxima? 

 laterales minores ; infima maxima, carinata & jimbriata. 

 Corolla Pentapetala j petalis fere aqualibus ; infimum pulchre variegatum. 

 Stamina. Filamenia decern , diflincl 'a, dectinata, longitudine germinis s intra 



laciniam injimam calicis repofita. Anthei x fubrotunda. 



Piftillum. Fulchrum brcvijfimum ; germen oblongum, longitudine & fitu jla- 



minum ; ftylus Jimplex affurgens ; ltigma obtujum. 

 Pericarpium. Siliqua membranacea comprejfa major oblongo-rhombcea bivaU 



vis unilocularis. 

 Semina Tria vel quatuor remota comprejfa rhotnbeea. 



This tree grows in every part of Jamaica where the foil is dry and rocky : it is 

 an excellent timber-wood, but feldom exceeds eight or ten inches in diameter, in 

 the mod perfect ftate. The wood is elaftic, tough, and durable ; and bears a tine polith : 

 it is of a beautiful orange- colour, full of refin, and yields a fine full tincture by in- 

 fufion ; but is feldom cut for the dyers ufe in Jamaica. 



C/ESALPINIA 2. Spinofa, foliis mi nor i bus obv erf e cordatis y bipinnatis; racemis 



terminalibus. 



Sena fpuri a arbor ea fpinofa t &c. Slo. Cat. 6c H. t. 181. 



Baftard Nicarago. 



This prickly (hrub is common about the Ferry, and the lower lands of Liguanea -, 

 but it feldom rifes above eight or ten feet in height ; the wood is of a brown coli 





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