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Semina plurima, parva, comprefla, marginata. 
Arbor ereéta 20 pedes alta, ramis patentibus. Cortex fufca-_ 
cinereus, fapore primo dulci, mox amarefcente.’ 
Folia oppofita, oblongo ovata, integerrima, glabra, fubtus venofa, 
petiolata. Petioli breves, fupra fulcati. Stzpule laterales, 
ovato-lanceolatz, integrz, caulem aréte amplexantes. 
Inflorefcentia paniculato-corymbofa, terminalis. Pedunculus ple- 
rumque brachiato-triternatus, teres, nudus. Corolla glabra, 
palide rubra vel carnea, tres circiter polices longa. 
I wave only met with this. tree in three places; in the in- 
land, woody and mountainous parts of Weftmoreland and Ha- 
nover parithes. It grew on rocky ground, with a brick 
mould, and affecting a northern afpect. The talleft I ever faw 
was about thirty feet high, and 7 or 8 inches in diameter. 
The branches are few and f{preading.. The /eaves ftand in pairs ; 
they are {mooth and fhining ; they are very like thofe of the 
Portlandia grandiflora. The flowers grow in pretty large clu- 
fters, on the extremities of the branches ; and have nearly the 
beauty and appearance of the common boney-/uckle, but are ra- 
ther larger. 
Tue /eed-pod is larger than any other of this genus. It is 
oval, adorned with the calyx, of a firm confiftence, fomewhat 
ftriated, and black-coloured ; when ripe, it fplits in two, and 
difcharges a number of {mall, flat, brown feeds, with a mem- 
brane nearly round the edges. 1 
Tue trunk and branches are of a brownifh gray colour, 
with a few fuperficial furrows, and crofs cracks like the Peru- 
vian bark. The bark of the trunk is pretty thick, and when 
wounded, exfudes a fmall quantity of a milky juice. The 
bark, when dried, is of a purplifh brown colour on the infide. 
It is fibrous, and more difficult to pulverife than the Jefuit’s 
bark in ufe. The powder is of a purplifh gray colour, and 
taftes fweet, then bitter and aftringent. 
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