DR WRIGHT'S HERBARIA. ^ ^71 



The pods are about three inches long, and contain many 

 seeds, surrounded with a sweet pulp. 



A double quantity of the dried leaves, infused in boiling 

 water, smells like the Alexandrian senna, and produces simi- 

 lar effects. 



70. Banisteria l,aurifolia, L. — Dragon Withe, or White 

 Withe. 



This withe twists round the trunk and branches of trees, 

 and is called the White Withe. Pretty switches or walking- 

 sticks are made of it. 



In May it has many yellow blossoms, very like the mal- 

 pighia in structure and height. 



71. Cassia mimosioides, L. — Bastard Sensitive Plant. 



This small sensitive plant is found in cane-piece intervals ; 

 it is seldom above a foot high ; the stalks are red and prick- 

 ly ; the leaves are small, the blossoms small and yellow, the 

 pods flat, and the seeds small. 



DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



72. Malpighia punicifolia, L. — Barbadoes Cherry. 



This appears to be a native of the West India Islands. 

 The trunk is black and thorny ; sending off many branches, 

 furnished with dark green leaves. The blossoms are small, 

 numerous, and pale red. The berries, in size and colour, are 

 like a cherry. They have a fine sweet and subacid taste, and 

 contain three seeds. 



The tree may be propagated from the seeds, but best from 

 cuttings of the branches, which, in two years, will bear frui^ 



