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much better on thole occafions. 



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BIGNONIA 2. Arborea, foliis ovatis verticillitc-ternatisy Jiliqua gracili 



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longifjima. 





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Bignonia foliis fmplicibus cordatis, cauk ere£lo> floribus diandris. 



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French Oak. 





Obf Penan tium BiphyIlum,foHolisfubrotiindiscechleatis 3 fngulis denticulo 







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. Stamina. 



acuto termmatis. 













Filament a quatuor, quorum duo longiora funt £? ad facetn 

 corolla por recta, ant her if que comprefjis duplicates (quarum 

 altera ere 51 a fedet, altera refeBitur), ornata: duo vero 

 brevifjima abort iva, in fundo Jloris Jit a funt -, ant her if que 

 irregularibus donata. 



This beautiful tree is now cultivated in many parts of Jamaica ; efpecially in the 

 low lands, and Savannas,- where it feems to thrive very luxuriantly. It grows to a 



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confiderable fize, and is generally looked upon as an excellent timber-tree. Its 



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numerous flowers, and {lender filiques, add a peculiar grace to its growth. 





BIGNONIA 3 . Fruticofa, foliis pinnatis fe 



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floribus lutei 



Apocyno affine Jelfaminum Indicum t &c. Slo. Cat. 216 







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This (hrub is very common in all the fugar-iflands : it grows chiefly 



dry 



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or gravelly foil; and feldom rifes above {even or eight feet in height. 



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and difpofed in loofe clufters towards the top 



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leaves are of an oval form, and pinnated ; and the trunk fmall and woody 



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CITHAREXYLON 1. Fruticofum, cortice cinereo, foliis oblong 0- ovatis oppo- 



petiolis marginatis pedatis y floribus jpica- 





tis y fruclu maj 

 Citharexylum. L. Sp. PL 



Citharexylon arbor, &c. Fiddle-wood Barbadienfib 



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1 Monopbyllum tubulato-campanulatum quinque crenatum, 

 Monopetala tubulata, tubus calice longior ; limbus patulus quinque 



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partitus, lacini 





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quatuor, cum rudi 



quinti 



nferne tubo adnata. 



fere aaualia; antherae ovate bilobce, infauce corolla locates 



Piftillum. Germen , 



bilobum obtufum 

 Pericarpium. Bacca jucculent 



ftylus fimplex longitudine tubi fit 



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hide cochle 



bilocularib 



lis bin is bifidis fubojfeis, hinc 



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Nuclei folita 

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the Savannas of Y 



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fmall 



(hrub, and feldom rifes above eight or nine feet in height 





and all the tender buds, are 



branches, of a whitifh afti 



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 and the bark of the trunk and 



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