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PursuAin, Wuite and Rep. 
4 E differ very little, if any thing, from thofe in England, 
- except in the Ranknefs of their Growth here. 
They are generally boiled and ufed, when more valuable Greens are 
not in Plenty. 
The ARABIAN JEssAMMY., Lat. Jasminum fiye Sambac 
_- Arabum, 
ae S is a woody creeping Vine, cloathed with dark-green fharp- 
- pointed Leaves, of about Two Inches long, and one broad, bear- 
ing Seven-leaved white fragrant Flowers. 
Thefe are fupported by Seven very fharp-pointed graminous Leaves, 
- -'This is planted chiefly in Gardens, or near Dwelling-houfes. 
It yields a very agreeable fragrant Smell, and keeps its Verdure all the 
“Year. 
TITHYMALOIDES. 
Bie E Roots of this are very numerous and ftrong. 
The main Stalk branches near the Earth, into many {piral ftrong 
Twigs. 
The Bark of the Trunk, near the Roots, is fmooth and whitifh ; but 
‘all its Branches of a deep fhining Green, keeping their grateful Verdure 
undiminifhed thro’ every Seafon of the Year. 
Thefe are cloathed with thick fucculent green round-pointed Leaves, 
of about Four Inches long, and Two in Breadth, having their fmooth 
Edges a little tinged with Yellow. 
Thefe are likewife fet on the Branches alternately. 
The Flower, which is of a fine deep Red, cannot be reduced to any 
Clafs that hath hitherto been defcribed by any Botanical Writer, it being 
a triangular fharp-pointed fmall horizontal Sheath ; the Top of the Piftil 
jutting out, making the Extremity of the longeft Angle: This, on the In- 
fide of the Flower, is covered with a yellow farinaceous Dutt. 
From the fame narrow Aperture appear feveral {mall Stamina, tipped 
with green 4pices. ated 
Thefe Flowers are fucceeded by triangular fmall Berries, of a dark Red 
when ripe. : 
Each of thefe inclofes Three angular Seeds. 
The Berries, Branches, and Leaves, are full of a thick glutinous milky 
Juice. 
! The only Place that I have feen this was at Cluf’'s Bay, in St. Lucy’s 
Parifh. 
This very feldom grows in any other Part of the Ifland. : 
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