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Stamina. 



Filamenta decern diadelphia regularia. 



Piftillum. Suflentaculum breve ; germen comprejfum obhngum j ftylus brevis 



Pericar 



pi am. 



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Semina Pauca oblonga. 

 tree is a native of J 



ftigma oblongum reflexum. 

 Legumen oblongum quadrialatum. 



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nd grows chiefly in the low- 



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where it 

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blofl: 



bef 



the 



generally rifes to the height of twenty or thirty feet ; fom 



about the month of May or June, and throws out all its 



pearance of the foliage j but the leaves fucceed pretty loon, and are regularly diip 



fed on common ribs upon the fmaller branches. The bark of the mot of this tr 



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i ufed for the fame purpofes, and wii 

 f Surinam poifon, already defcribed 

 fomedeep and convenient part of 



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it 



fame effects, as the lea 

 pounded, and mixed 



nd bra 



th th 



e w«ter 



k, &c . from whence it may fpread 



itfelf more diffufively around; and in a few minutes after it is well mingled, y 



fee the nfh, that lay hitherto hid under the neighbouring rocks, or banks, r 



) fur face, where 



for a confiderable 



they float as if they were dead 



the neighbouring rocks, or banks, riling 



but mod of the large ones that are left 



hich lituation they con 



after 



days after. Th 



hile the fmaller fry are all deftroyed, and float upon the furface, for fo 



the only fi(h I have obferved, that could not be intoxicated 



the common dofes of this bark 

 the particles fpread wh 



affects it very feniibly ; for 



off. 



d fwims 



ith 



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the water : I have fometimes ktn them chafed to and fro. in this manner, fo 

 minutes, without being any ways altered. 



The tree is generally confidered 



of 



be ft timber 



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in th 



fland 



The wood is very hard, and refinous; and lafts almoft equally in or out of 



It is of a light brown colour, coarfe, crofs-grained 



nd heavy 



ICHTHYOIV1ETHIA 2. Poliis ob!ongo~vvatis> pinnath\ filiquis comprejfn 



oblongis. 



The Mountain Dog- wood. 



This tree is fo like the foregoin 



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both in appearance and fmell, as well as in 

 the grain and texture of its wood ; that a man can hardly diftinguifh the one from 

 the other, until he obferves the fruit j which, in this, is quite compreffed and 



plain. 



It grows to a very confiderable fize; and the wood (which is rather darker 



than that of the other fort, and equally as good,) may be had almoft to any di- 

 menfions. 





GLYCINE 1. Scandens, folio lis pinnath, fpicis nodofis axillaribus, 



Glicmefoliis pinna t is conjugatis\ pinnis ovatis oblongis obtufs. L. Sp. PI 



Phafeolus arboreus alatus & volubilis major, Sec. Pk. t. 214. f . 5 

 Phafeolus glycyrrhizites folio alato, &c. Slo. Cat. 70. & H 



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The Wild Liq 



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Bead Vine 



This weakly climbing plant is very common among the bufhes, in all the low 

 lands of 'Jamaica. The infufion of the leaves, and tops, is much ufed in all our 



It 

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fugar- colonies j and obferved to open both the body and the fkin, very mi 

 helps expe&oration ; relieves all loads of the brfeaft, proceeding from tempor 

 colds ; and is frequently ufed as a diluent in fevers j and the more generally liked, as the 

 tafte is fomewhat fweetifh, but does not leave any clamminefs upon the palate. The 

 feeds are of a very beautiful fcarlet colour, with a black fpot on one fide. They are 

 of a very deleterious nature, and cannot be taken inwardly without great danger; 

 though, if fwallowed whole, they commonly pafs entire, and are feldom attended 



. with many of thofe violent fymptoms that follow when taken in powd 



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