158 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. MYRSINEACE. 
The wood of Jacquinia armillaris is heavy, hard, very close-grained, and susceptible of receiving 
a beautiful polish; it contains numerous conspicuous medullary rays, and is rich brown beautifully 
marked with darker medullary rays. The specific gravity of the absolutely dry wood is 0.6948, a cubic 
foot weighing 43.30 pounds. 
Jacquinia armillaris was discovered on the island of Jamaica by Sir Hans Sloane, and the first 
account of it was published in his Catalogue of Jamaica Plants in 1696." In the United States it was 
first noticed on Key West by Dr. J. L. Blodgett. 
1 Arbor baccifera, laurifolia, fructu corallino ribium instar racemoso Chrysophyllum. Barbasco, Loefling, Iter, 204. 
calyculato venenato. Currans-tree, 167 ; Nat. Hist. Jam. ii. 89, t. 190, Chrysophyllo fructu adfinis, foliis pungentibus ; vulgo Barbasco, 
f. 2.— Ray, Hist. Pl. iii. Dendr. 50. Loefling, 1. c. 277. 
Frutez Buxi foliis oblongis, baccis pallide viridibus apice donatis, 
Catesby, Nat. Hist. Car. i. 93, t. 93. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Puate CCXLII. JAcQuintA ARMILLARIS. 
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. A flowering branch, natural size. 
. Diagram of a flower. 
Vertical section of a flower, enlarged. 
A flower, the corolla removed, enlarged. 
. A corolla displayed, the anthers removed, enlarged. 
. A stamen, front and rear views, enlarged. 
An ovule, much magnified. 
. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
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. Vertical section of a fruit, enlarged. 
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. Vertical section of a seed, enlarged. 
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- An embryo, much magnified. 
