8a^ JAMAICA. 



199. Rose-Wood. — Roiiium. 



The rofe-wood is found in St. Ann's, and moft hilly parts on the 

 South-coaft, grows to a conliderable iize, and is confideredas one of 

 the moft valuable timber-trees in the ifland. The wood is white, 

 of a curled grain when young, but grows of a dirty, clouded afli- 

 colour with ape, bears a fine polifh, and has a moft agreeable fmell. 

 The younger trees are frequently cut down for fire-wood. They 

 are full of refin, burn very freely, and with a delightful fragrancy. 

 The wood is heavy, and much valued by the cabinet-makers. The 

 berries are of an oblong form, and have much of the tafte of 

 balfam-copaiba. I fhall beg to refer to what has been fiiid of the 

 amyris ; and to recommend thefe trees to further experiment. The 

 Negroes, in thofe parts where they abound, may give fatisfadlory 

 information of the tree, known to them by the name of oil-tree, as 

 well as the feafon of the year, and manner of extrafting the 

 balfam. 



200. Prickly Br abila, with fmooth, oval leaves. — Bralila fru~ 

 ticofa^Jplnofa -, foliis ovatis, &c. Browne, p. 370. 



This fhrub was found near Port Antonio, in Portland. The fruit 

 has all the flavour, and much of the appearance, of the European 

 plum. It is roundifh, fucculent, unilocular, of the fize of a 

 walnut, but the kernel larger, and covered with a ligneous, fhining 

 nut-lhell, perfeftly fmooth; the pulp and ikin of the fruit, of a 

 pale-red colour ; the leaves and foot-ftalks, all of a pale green. 

 The plant rifes to the height of nine feet, or upwards. 



PLUM-TREES. 



The plums, commonly fo called in this ifland, are very inferior 

 in good'iefs to thofe of Europe : moft of them confift only of 

 the feed and fkin, with very little pulp or juice between. I fhall 

 mention the moft noted. 



20T. Spanish Plum. — Spondias, vel myrobalamis minor, fruSlti hit eo. 



This is one of the inoft efteemed, and is tolerably pleafant. 



202. Tor. 



