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ftalks to a moderate diftance from the alae of the upper ribs, from whence they ge- 



llv rife : thefe are not above the thicknefs of a common packthread, but feldom 



der four or five feet in length 



d bear the flowers in clutters at their extrem 



The plant carries three leaves on every common foot-ftalk, like the Pbafeoli -, and 

 like moff of that clafs, raifes itfelf by a (lender windin 

 I have feen the feeds of another fpecies of this fort 3 



(tern 



Mr. Baker 



led 



had it from the Eafl-Indi 





CYTISUS i. Fruticofus, erect us 



ofu 



(i 



long 



* 



iphylhls ; fbliis fubcinereis ob 



llo 



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'gato ; filiqud comprejfd, adfemina tor of 





Cytifus race mis ax i liar i bus ereclis t foiiolis fublanceolatis tomentofi. 



L 



Sp.Pl 



Cytifus folio molli incano Jiliquis orobi, &c. Thez. Zey 



Laburnum humilius, filiqua inter gr ana, & grana jimcJa. b'io. Cat. 139 



37 



Pigeon or Angola P 



This fbrub is frequently cultivated by the negroe 



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1 



•£fi 





becauft 



perennial 



d 



does not req 



fo much 



It grows commonly to the height of four or five 



feet, an 

 of peop 



d bears a great many pods. The feeds are much ufed among the poorer fort 



d reckoned a hearty wholefome pulie 







. 



CYTISUS 



2. 





Fruticofus , ereBus & villofus j foliis plurimis pinnatis, fp 

 fiorum tenninalibus. - ' ■ • * - i 





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Surinam Poifon 



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fmaller fhrubby Cytifu 



P 



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Cyathiforme quinqucdefjtatum, laciniis fuperioribus tninoribus 



& minus profunde divi/i. 



Corolla Leguminofa -, vexillum majus, ereclo-patens : alse oblongce 



carina 



longiores : carina femilunata, elongata & leniter comprejJ<. 



Diadelphia regularia. 

 Germen oblongum j ffylus fubulatus villofus : itigma acutu 



Stamina. 



Piftillum. 



Pericarpium. S Hi qua longa j'ub teres cylindracea, fe mini bus plurimis refe 



imaica from the main, and is now 



This plant has been introduced to j 



ted in many parts of the ifland, on account of us intoxicating qu 



It 



fpreading fhrubby plant, and rifes 



ally to the height of five or fix feet, 





The leaves and branches of this plant, being well pounded, and thrown into any 

 river, pond, or creek, are obferved to infe£t the waters very foon ; by which all the 

 fifh are immediately intoxicated, and rife and float upon the furface, as if they 

 were dead; from whence they are eafily taken. But mofl of the large ones that are 

 left, recover from this trance, after a fhort time; tho' the greateft part of the fmall 

 fry perim on thofe occuiions. 





ICHTHYOMETHIA 



Foliis pinna t is ovatis, racemis tenninalibus, Jiliquis 



wm 



quadrialatis 



Erythrina foliis pinna lis, legu mini bus membranaceis tetragt 

 Phafeolo affinis arbor Indica Coral difta polyphyllos. Pk 



63. f. 3 



L. Sp. PL 



104; f. 3. & 



Coral arbor -polyp by 11 



fpinofa-. Slo. Cat. 143. & H. r, 176 





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D 





wo 



od 







Periantium 



Monopbyllum, ventricofum, breve, quadricrenatum : lacinia fu 



C 



penori majori, obtufc 







Leguminofa -, vexillum amplum fubrotundum. Umbo ref 







Stamina 





