828 JAMAICA. 



rife to a very confiderable height, whether they are planted in the 



lowlands or mountains. 



They produce a large, yellow fruit, of a rankifh fmell, but very 

 pleafant, tart tafte. Hogs and flieep devour very greedily all that 

 fall ripe upon the ground. Dr. Barham mentions, that, after a 

 violent fever, an inflammation and fwelling fell upon both his legs, 

 attended with a pitting, as in the dropfy. A Negroe undertook to 

 cure him, when feveral of his own applications had failed ; and im- 

 mediately brought him the bark of the firft-mentioned fpccies, 

 with feme of the leaves ; with which he made a bath ; they im- 

 parted a flrong tinfture to the hot water, giving it the colour of 

 claret. The doftor kept his legs immerged in it as long as he was 

 able, covering them with a blanket ; had them rubbed very well 

 afterwards with warm napkins, and carefully wrapped up; and, by 

 repeating the operation five or fix times, he became perfeftly re- 

 covered, and found his legs reflored to their full flrength and ufe. 



208. Prickly Yellow Wood. — Zanthoxylum, caudice Jp'mojd, 



Ugno fubcroceo. 



This is common in moft parts of the ifland. It has a leaf like 

 the Englifli afh. The outfide bark is brownifh, fet full of protu- 

 berances, about an inch or two inches in length, and as thick as a 

 man's finger, at the extremity of which is a fliort, fliarp prickle. 

 The wood is extremely yellow, and reckoned a good timber. 



209. Prickly White Wood. — Zantoxylon, caudice fpinofd, Ugno 



alb'ido. 



This grows like the other, only the inner wood is very white. 

 The flowers are fmall, and fucceeded by bunches of triangular, 

 black feeds, which are hotter than Guiney pepper. The Negroes 

 take them as a remedy for the colic ; and a deco6i:ion of the root,, 

 fbr gonorrhceas. 



210. Yellow Hercules. — Zantoxylon, arbor aculcata^ fr^ 



Hercules. 



This fpecies Browne confounds with the firfl:-mentioned °ut it 



is much thicker fct with pointed protuberances, and tb/ ^''^ o^ 



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