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Foliis rugofis ovatis oppojitis, peticlh geniculars 



terminalibus, calicibus quadrifidis. 



An, Be rber 'is / rucl u arbor maxima baccifera raceme] 



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Slo. Cat. 1; 



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Black-heart Fiddle-wood 



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grows chiefly 



d Savannas 



frequently 



obferved to rife to the height of forty or fifty feet: and is generally looked upon as 



of the hardeft and bell: timber-trees in the iiland 



fiderable thicknefs. and is covered 



The body of the tree g 



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gran 

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of the wood 



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fe fpiral fo 



hiiilh bark 



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extremities of the branch 



d flightly ferrated j and the bloflbms difpofed in bun 



The berries are fm 



and of 



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A'hich, 



pretty 

 at the 

 they 



contain each two hemifpheric ftiells, that contain twice fo many feeds as in the fore 

 going fpecies; but the nuts, or nuculi of thefe, may be eafily parted into two lobes 



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The berries are fometimes eat by the 



CITHAREXYLON? 3. EreBum, foliis oblongis y cortice levi, fruclibus 



fparfis. 



White Fiddle- wood. 





This tree is moil frequent in the more hilly inland parts of the ifland : it grows 

 to a very confiderable fize, and is commonly looked upon as a good timber-tree ; 

 but mould be uled where it may not be expofed to the weather. I have feen many 

 of thefe trees in the mountains of St. Elizabeth's ; but I have not obferved any in 

 blofTom, and have only ranged them in this clafs, from the appearance of their 

 berries, which agree in every refpect with thofe of the other fpecies. 



CITHAREXYLON? 4. Foliis venofis ovatis alternis, cortice fcabro longitu- 



dinaliter fijjo. 



The Green-heart Fiddle-wood. 



This tree is frequent in the woods about the Ferry , where it grows to a very con- 

 fiderable fize} and is generally looked upon as one of the bell: timber-trees in the 



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ifland. I have not feen any of its fruit, or flowers ; therefore could not clafs it wit! 

 any certainty : but have placed it here, from its outward appearance, and the grain 

 and texture of its wood. 



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 CITHAREXYLON 5. Fruticofum, foliis fubelipticis, petiolis pedat'ts, catici- 



bus truncatiSj fpicis terminalibus longioribus. Tab. 

 28. f. 2. 



The long-fpiked Fiddle-wood. 



This is but a (hrub, which feldom grows above ten or twelve feet in height ; and 



bears a great number of i'mall berries, difpofed on divided fpikes at the extremities 



of the branches. It is pretty common about Sixteen-mile-walk. 





CRESCENTIA 1. Arborefcens-, foliis confertis, obovato-oblongis, baft angujlio* 



ribus-, frutlu fpbeerico maxima. 

 Crefcentia, foliis lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis. L. Sp. PI. & H. CI. 

 Arbor Cucurbitifera Americana folio fubrotundo, &c. Slo. Cat. 206. & H. 



The larger Calabafh Tree. 



This tree grows chiefly in the low lands, and feldom rifes above fixteen or twenty- 

 feet in height. The trunk is generally irregular, and the branches crooked and 



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