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EVILLEA i. Foil is crajfioribus glabris, quandoque cordatis, quandoque tri- 



lobis. 



Fevillea. Plum. - 



Fevillea folii s cordatis angulatis; & foliis trilobis. L. Sp. PL J 



The Antidote Cocoon. 



Flores, in aliis mafculini, in aliis feminini. 





Mas. 

 Pedunculo tenui incidit Periantium monopbyllum ultra medietatem quinque- 



partitum, laciniis lanceolatis patentibus. 

 Corolla Monopetala, patens, ad marginem leniter quinquecrenata : Limbus 



reflexus. 



Stamina. Filamenta quinque e centra corolla orta y ereSio-patentia, fuperne 



amphora j antherae ovata. 

 Nectarium. Filament a quinque comprejfa, inferne latiufcula, attenuata, 



arcuata, conniventia, Jlaminibus interpojita. 



Femina. 



Periantium Cyathiforme quinquecrenatum, germine pragnans, pedunculo va- 



lido incidens. 



Corolla 



Stamina Nulla. 



Pift. 



Germen calyce inclavatum fubrotundum. Styli 

 tres. Stigmata fubrotunda. 

 Pericarpium. Drupa maxima dura, fubrotunda ', calyce audio /emit eel a, 



trilocularis. 



Semina Orbiculata comprejfa magna, cortice fungofo teb~la, in Jingulo locu- 



lamento, duo, tria, vel quatuor. 



This pi 



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quently b 

 and fet fir 



in the inland parts of Jamaica, and generally found 



the woods. The feeds are very oily, and fre 



fkewers 



mbing among the tailed 



the negroes inftead of candles : they put tliem upon 

 the uppermoft, from whence they burn gradually to the bottom. 

 The kernels are extremely bitter, and frequently infufed in fpirits for the ufe of 

 the negroes: a fmall quantity of this liquor opens the body and provokes an appe- 



but a larger dofe works both by fiool and vomit. It is frequently taken 



tube 



there is any fufpicion of poifon, and, often 



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In all the foregoing figures, the letter (a) points out the empalement or cup j 

 (b) the flower j (c) the filaments with their aniherce ; (d) the ftyle and Jligma ; 

 nd (e) (f) (g) the germen, fruit and feeds. 



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