Book IV. Iland of BARBADOS, tis 
The former are of a blunt conic Shape, having their Surface thickly 
ftudded with reddifh Knobs, each incricled with Two Rows of farina- 
ceous whitifh Duft : The Female Flowers are funnel-like Tubes, of a red 
Colour, whofe thick Labia are much defle@ed back, and cut into Fifteen 
or Sixteen blunt Segments. ee 
This is fucceeded by a very Hat round Fruit, deeply fegmented into, 
enerally, as many regular Divifions, or feparate Cells, each inclofing a 
flat Kernel. 
Thefe, if eaten, operate by way of Purge ; tho’ it fometirnes proves 
an Emetic. —_- 
This Tree is of very quick Growth, efpecially if planted in a fhady 
Place, and near a Spring of Water. ae. 
The Trunk of one of thefe, planted in fuch a Situation, may be now 
{een at the Eftate of Richard Effwick, E{q; and is not above Fifteen Years 
old, which girts round Nine Feet within Two Feet of the Earth; and its 
‘Top hath feveral Branches proportionably large. : Bik os 
‘There is another at the Eftate of the Reverend Mr. Reynold Foffer, the 
Diameter of whofe Shade is above Sixty Feet. 
And, tho’ I have taken the Dimenfions of thefe Trees myfelf 3 yet, as 
their Stature is fo very extraordinary even here, I thought it proper to 
mention the Place of their Growth, that the Curious may, if they pleafe, 
be further fatisfied in this Particular: And I am well affured, that, if any 
one takes the fame Trouble I have done, he will find their Dimenfions 
confiderably larger than I have réprefented them. 
There is another Tree of this kind, near the Manfion-houfe in the 
Leeward Eftate of George Hannay, Efg; in St.Lucy’s Parith, which is little 
inferior to the above-mentioned, in its great Growth. 
Thefe Trees are called Sand-boxes, from the Ufe that is made of their 
Fruit to that Purpofe. j 
This is delineated in Plate V. 
The Puysic-Nut-TREE; Lat. Ricino1pEs. 
Sle S is generally a knotty fhrubby Tree, feldom growing above 
Twelve Feet high. 
The Extremities of the Branches are covered with Leaves, fomewhat 
round, having their Edges waved, as well as flightly indented. 
The Flowers are of a green herbaceous Kind, and pentapetalous, fet 
on in an Umbel-fafhion round the Extremities of the Branches, but efpe+ 
cially the main Stalks, é 
Thefe are fucceeded by as many Nuts, whofe outward Tegument is green 
and husky: This, being peeled off, difcovers the Nut, whofe Shell is black, 
and eafily cracked : This contains an Almond-like Kernel, divided into 
Two Parts: Between this Separation lie Two milk-white thin membra= 
naceous Leaves, eafily feparable from each other: Thefe have not only 
: Gg a bare 
