181 
after Barely ee the above quotation and citing some sub- 
“This Tree rises to twenty Foot high, having a grey- -colour’d 
“Tt grew in the Town Savanna, in the woody Part, between it 
and two Mile Wood, and on the Banks of the Rio Cobre, below 
. ga. 
‘’Tis plain that this is differing from the Hickery Nut tree 
. Dr. Plukenet, p. 236 [136] of his Mantissa suspects may 
ieee: Patrick Browne* referring to our tree says: 
ae shrubby tree is frequent about the Ferry, and often 
hei; 
agree perfectly with the general characters of the genus” 
[Juglans]. 
A little later, i in 1759, Linnaeusf still retains the plant in the 
genus a ns, 1. €., with the walnuts. 
After Linnaeus’s time the fel history of this plant is, 
re as follows: 
In 1837, over a century after Hans Sloane illustrated the 
* The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica 346 
+ Syst. Ed. 10, 1272. 
