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TEREBINTHUS I. Foliis 



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dato-ovatis pinnatis^ cor tic e levi rufefcente 



floribus mafculinis jp 



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Piflacia foliis pinnatis deciduis, joliolis 

 Terebenthus major Be tula cor t ice, 6c c 



Sima-ruba. L. M. Med. 



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Slo. Cat. 167. 6c H 



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The Birch or Turpentine Tree. 





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Flores alii mafculini, alii feminini, in eadem planta. 



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Periantium Minimum quinquedentatum. 



Corolla Parva monopetala, ad bajim fere in quinque lacinias oblongo-ov'atai 





fecla. 





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Stam. 



Piftillum Nullum. 



Filamenta decern brevia ; antheras globofe. 



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ObL^Aliquando corolla mafculina demit tit, quint am generations partem 





Femina. 



Periantium 



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Corolla 



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Pift. 



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Pericarpium. Bacca fubtrigono-ovata, tribus lineis longitudinalibus notata t 



unilocularis, trivahis ; fucco c Tcrebenthenaceo turgida, £? 

 nucleo unico turbinate, referta. 



This tree is very common in all the fugar-i (lands. The bark is very thick, and ex- 

 fudes a clear and tranfparent refin, which hardens foon in the air, and looks much 

 like the maftic of the {hops: but it yields a confiderable quantity of a more fluid 

 fubftance, by incifion; which has much of the fmell and appearance of turpentine, 

 and may be ufed for the fame purpofes with fuccefs. 



The bark of the root of this tree is thought to be the Sima-rouba of the (hops, 

 which is the moft effectual remedy we have yet known in bloody-fluxes : it is ad 

 miniftered in decoctions j and one or two drachms is fuiiicient tor a quart of wa- 

 ter; for if it be ftrong, it purges, or vomits; and does not, in fuch cafes, (lop 



thofe difcharges with fo much certainty. 



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SAGITTARIA 1. Foliis maximis, fimplicibus, oblongis, ulrinque produclis; 



ramulis verticillatis j caule glabro. 



The great American Arrow-head, with large oblong leaves. 



This plant is very common about mod of the itagnating waters in Jamaica, par- 

 ticularly thofe near the Ferry. The ftem grows very luxuriant, in general, and rifes 



frequently to the height of two or three feet above the foliage. The branches of 



the lower verticillce feldom exceed three in number, and are generally fubdivided in 



the fame manner themfelves ;. but thofe of the higher orders confift chiefly of 

 five long Ample flower- (talks, and thofe about the top of three only. The flowers 

 that grow about the extremities of the ftem and branches, are generally male, and 



adorned with a great number of filaments, which are always obferved to Hand on 



longer foot-flalks than the female flowers, which commonly occupy the lower part 

 of the main, as well as of the lateral flower- fpikes. Both the ftalk and branches 

 are fmooth and roundiuh. 



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CERATOPHYLLUM 1. Foliis verttcillatis & tuber culatis, multifariam in- 



cifis ; laciniis conic is acutis. 



Ceratophyllum. L. Sp. PI. 6c H. C. ,« 



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The Mor 



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or Morafs-weed, 





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