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TORY 



the foliage is of a dark gloomy green, and the flowers of a fine yellow, which are 



of the cup is 



The lower fegment 



fucceeded by pods of a thickifh oblong form. 



not hinged, nor any of the flower-leaves variegated in this Species. 



GUILANDIA i. Spinofa, foliis bipinnatis Gratis cum ccumine, feminibus ci- 



nereis. 





Guilandia aculeata foliolis ovatis acuminatis. L. Sp. PI. 



Lobus echinatus fruBu cajio, foliis longioribus, &c. Slo. Cat. 144. 



Acacia gloriofa hentifci foliis. Pk. t. 2. f. 2. 



Acacia qui lobus echinatus. Cluf. 6c The. Zey. 



The Grey Nickar. 



kly 



grows in many parts of jf 



This we; 



ly about the root; or rifes among the neighbouring bu fries, if it finds but 



d fpreads a g 



fupp 



feeds 



The ftalk and branches are very full of thorns that arch backwards 



due 

 The 



a 



fug 



f a grey 



d 



Itg 



monly ufed in (lead of marbles by all the boy 

 chiefly by the fea-fide, but thrives well in the in 



land parts alfo 



GUILANDIA 2. Inermis, feminibus jlavefcentibus. 



Lobus echinatus fruc7u.flavo, foliis rotundioribus. Slo. Cat. J 44. & H. 

 Guilandia foliis Jubpinnutis 3 foliolis inferioribus tematis. L. Sp. PJ. & 



Fl. Zey. 



This plant refembl 



The yellow Nickar. 



foregoing bod: 



d appe 



but 



prickly : the feeds are round and 5 



nd not inferior to thofe of the other fort 



dnefs 



It 



more frequently in the inland parts of the ifland 

 The feeds, bark, and root of both thefe fpecies are thought to be aftri] 



and 



faid to be fometimes given in g 



The feeds toaited and powdered are g 



provoke the menfes 



H. M. 



N. B. The flowers are all hermaphrodite, in thefe fpecies ; tho' fome of them 



frequently abort. The germen is always oblong, and a little hairy; 

 and the flyle arched, pointed, and of the fame length with the fila- 

 ments. 



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T. 



II. 



Of Plants 



ha 



ve 



Filaments and two 

 in every Flower. 



i 



four Styl 



D 



YANTHUS 1. Floribus folitariis, fa 



natis. L. Sp. PI. & H. C 



calicinis fubovatis, corollis 



The Clove-gilliflower. 



This plant is frequently cultivated in the gardens of Jamaica: 



lly grows well there, and throws up a few branches, it feldom appears in flower 

 1 any fatisfadtion. 



but tho' it gene 



SPONDIAS 1. Diffufa, foliis pi 



fulcata, floribus pracocibus 



Cryibbalanus Linnet. H. C. & Sp. PI. 



minoribus pinnatis, penna comprejft 



Myro- 



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