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91. Corchorus siliquosus, L. — Pea, or Broomtveed. 



This rises to five or six feet ; has smooth \vooc!y stems, 

 many tea-like leaves, small yellow blossoms, and small, long, 

 black pods, full of many indigo-coloured seeds. 



92. Bignonia PENTAFHY1.LA. — Bastard Cedar. 



This kind of cedar grows in marshes by the sea-side : the 

 trunk is brown, and rough ; the leaves are withered-like, and 

 the branches are often beset with the conjugate mistletoe, 

 which destroys many of this species. 



In July, nothing can surpass the beauty of the bastard 

 cedar ; the flowers are large, numerous, funnel-shaped, and 

 of a pale-red' colour : they last but a short time, and are fol- 

 lowed by long pods with many seeds. 



The blossoms are said to be an antidote against the man- 

 chioneel poison-apple. 



93. Crescentia cucurbitina, L. — Marsh Calabash. 



Near the sea, and in brackish marshy places, we find this 

 middle-sized tree. The leaves are of a shining green : the 

 blossoms grow on the branches. The calabash is pointed, and 

 six or seven inches long. 



Some think this to be the Indian dye, but by some experi- 

 ence I find it not to be so. 



94. Verbena nodiflora, L. — Ipecacuanha of Father Labat, or 

 Velvet Bur. 



This plant grows in cultivated lands, and in cane-piece in- 

 tervals. The leaves feel rough, and are covered with a kind of 

 down. The blossoms arc disposed in globose heads, and arc 



