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Corolla 

 Stamina 



Hexapetala, petalh lanceolatis, tribus quafi exterior i bus, major ibu 



Filamenta plurima p 



peh 



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orta, germini app 



Piftillum 



Pericarp! 



pmquata, 6f quafi adnata; antherae oblong 



Germen ovatum j ftylus Jimplex longitudine Jloris ; ftigma obtu 

 Jiufculum. 



CapJ'ula fubrotunda unilocularis monojpermis. 



Semen. Nucleus amy gdalino- glut inofu 



^ I found this little tree at the foot of the mountains in Sixteen-mile-walk, where 

 it grew to the height of fifteen or twenty feet. I have made no remarks upon the 

 bark or wood of this fpecies. 



XYLOPICRUM 2. Foliis amplioribus, nitidis, ovatis; petiolis brevibus ; fru- 



Bibus glabris. 



An> Xylopicron arbor Barbadienfibus Bitter- wood, &c. Pk. t. 238. f.4. 



The larger Xylopicron, or Bitter- wood. 



Pericarpium. Capfula coriacea, unilocularis, duplex j interior tenuior mem- 



branacea. 



Semen. 



Nucleus fubrotundus amygdalinus, primo atate gelatinofus, & nu- 

 cleorum palmarum more, cavus, juccoque lento rep let us. 



I met with this tree in the mountains, back of Bull- bay, where it grew to a very 

 Confiderable fize, and raifed its branches to the height of fifty or (ixty feet above the 

 root. The wood, bark, and berries, have an agreeable bitter rafte, not unlike 

 that of the orange- feed j and would probably prove excellent medicines, had they 



been 



brought 



into ufe. The wild pigeons feed much upon the berries, and 

 owe all that delicate bitterim flavour, fo peculiar to them in the feafon, wholly 

 to this part of their food. I have eat many of the berries juft off of the tree, and 

 found them both agreeable to the palate, and grateful to the ftomach. The bark is 

 alfo richly impregnated with this fame juice, as well as the wood j and both yield a 

 very agreeable bitter in the mouth, while fre(h : but that delicacy diminifhes greatly 

 after they are dried. The wood is eafily wrought, and efteemed as a good timber- 

 wood j but muft be ufed where it may it may not be eafily expofed to the 

 weather. 



This tree ought to be cultivated, for it will, probably, be found very ferviceable in 

 time : it feeds at Mr. Anderfons mountains, near the Mine. I have not feen any 

 of the flowers in a perfect ftate; but fuch imperfecl ones as came under my exami- 

 nation, feem to (hew it of the fame clafs and genus with the foregoing plant. 



MIMOSA 1. Hortuofa, aculeis reflis geminatis, foliis tenuijfimis, fpica globofa 



filiquis crafi. 

 Acacia Americana filiqua ventricofc 



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&c 



Slo.Cat. &H 



Acacia Zeylonica /pints tnaximis albis, fore globofo, &c. Bur. Thez. Zey 



The common Acacia, or Acacee-bufli. 



There is no plant more common than this, in the low lands of Jamaica, though 

 but of little fervice; for the fmell of the whole plant, is fo rank and difagreejhle. 



It rifes commonly from five .or 



that it can't be ufed even for fire-wood 



fix 



to ten or twelve feet in height 

 >rns, and minute pinnated lew 



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tender (hoot 



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fupplied with Itrong, ftraight, wh 



are 



dry 



who 



faid 



oit people atti ib 



browfe upon its more 



the 



knefs of the 



milk in that iiland. The pods are richly impregnated with a lVicky aftringent gum, 

 which may be eafily extracted j and would prove an excellent medicine, where rough 

 aftringents are requifite. 



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