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MONGECIA MONADKLPHJA 



Palma altissima iion spinosa. SL 2. p. 



115. L215. 



Cabbage Tree. Hughes. 107. t, 4. Miller. 

 Barbados Cabbfige Tree. Jamaica Cab- 

 bage Tree. Long.^ 2. /?. 744. 



lagi:naria. 



Cucurbitaceae, De Cand. (CAicurhita?). Lin. Jvhs. 



vvlgarw 



L. molliter pubescens moschata, caule 

 scandciitc, cirris 3—4- 



fidis, foliis cor- 



datis integriusculis piloso-subglaucescen- 

 tibus basi bigiandulosis, floribus monoi- 

 cis steJIatis patei/tissimis fasciculaiis 

 conncctivo papillis oblongo-ovatis acutis 



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* Long justly states the Barbados and Jamaica Cabbag-e Trees 

 to be only accidental varieties. Browne represents them as 

 specifically distinct. Hughes, p.lU. mentions a small Cabbage 

 Tree, which he thinks different from that generally growing in 

 Barbados, and noticed at p. 107- of his history. *' This/' he says, 

 " even at its greatest growth, is less than the Cabbage Tree 

 already described, having likewise the green part near the top 

 mnch less in proportion to its bulk/' This I believe to be only 

 the Arcca oleracea impeded in its growth by sterihty of soil, or by 

 being crowded by other trees. 



