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If^feme. EiT. Char. Cal. five-ckft, deciduoiij. Pet. expanJ- 

 iiig, oblong, with claws, the upper one more dillant, all in- 

 fcrted into the calyx. Legume. Species. i. B.JianJens, 

 •limbing mountain ebony. Folium lingux, Rumph. Amb. 

 ^. t. I. Clematitis Indica, Ray Suppl. 328. n. 1 3 Sc 14. 

 Kaga-mu-valli, Rheed. Mai. 8. 57. t. 30, 31. " Stem cir- 

 vhiferous." Riling with n^any {lender ftalks, wliich put 

 out tendrils and fallen themfclves to the neighbouring trees ; 

 leaves alternate, heart-lliapiid, on long foot Ualks, fix inches 

 long, three and a half broad in the niiddlt, deeply cirt irito 

 two-pointed lobes, each liaving three prominent longitudinal 

 libs ; flowers at firll wiiitiH), turning to a yellowifli colour ; 

 fruit (lender and flat, containing fix or eight fiat bony feeds, 

 black with a filvcry border. A native of both Indies, not 

 producing flowers in England. The feeds were fcnt to Mr. 

 Miller from Campeachy, probably before the year 1 752. — 2. 

 B. aculeala, prickly, llalkcd mountain E. " ilem prickly." 

 An eretl inelegant fhrub, abo^it a man's height ; trunk and 

 branches prickly, leaves roundiih, with two roundifli blunt 

 lobes ; cloven to one-third of their depth, fmootli with nine 

 nerves ; petiole thicker and callous at both ends, from the 

 bafe of which proceeds on each fide a (harp (hort prickle, 

 dilHlling when young ncclareous drops ; flowers large, white, 

 ard having an unplealanl fcent ; riling, in Jamaica, to the 

 height of fixteen or eighteen feet, and plentitul there and in 

 the other fugar iOands of America ; the flowers are fucceed- 

 cd by pods, about three inches long, containing two or three 

 fwelling feeds ; the pods are glutinous, and thefe, as well as 

 the bruifed leaves, have a ftrong balfamic fcent ; called in 

 America the Indian favin-tree, from its llrong odour, which 

 foraewhat refemblesthe common favin. It is frequent about 

 Carthagena in woods; cnltivated by Mr. Miller in 1752. — 

 3. B. divarkala, dwarf mountain E. "leaves fmooth, lobes 

 divaricated, acute, two-nerved ; petals lanceolate." A low 

 (hrub, feldom rTing more than five or fix feet high, dividing 

 into feveral branches ; corolla, white, and flowers in a fimple 

 upright raceme; having an agreeable fcent, appearing dur- 

 ing the greatell part of fummtr, and exliibiting one of the 

 chief beauties of the hot-houfe : the pods are taper, about 

 four inches long, and contain four or five d.;rk-colourtd feeds. 

 A natiye of the north fide of Jamaica, where it grows plen- 

 tifully ; cultivated by R. J. Lord Petre, before 1 742 ; flower- 

 ing from June to September. — 4. ^. un^nhi'.a, "leaves ovate, 

 lobes parallel," differing from the others in its more oblor.g 

 leaves, entire at the bafe, cloven to the middle into two 

 llraight parallel lobes, and having nine nerves. The calyx is 

 long, llreaked, and of a grey colour; the petals are fubulate, 

 ftamens alternately (hortcr ; legume veiT long, pendulous. It 

 rifes to the height of twenty feet, with a fmooth ilem, dividing 

 into many fmall branches, terminated by loofe bunches of 

 wliite flowers, which are fucceeded by veiy long, narrow, 

 compreded pods, each including eight or ten feeds. A native 

 of America ; the feeds were received by Mr. Miller from Cam- 

 peachy. — 5. B. vuriegaia, variegated mountain E. Arbor 

 S. Thomx, Zanon. Hift. 26. t. 15. Chovanna-Mandaru ; 

 1. Rheed. Mai. 1. 57. t. 32. " Calyxes one-leafed, burfting ; 

 petals fcffile, ovate ; lobes of the leaves ovate obtufe." It riles 

 with a llrong ilem, upwards of twenty feet high, dividing 

 into many ftrong branches ; flowers large, in loofe panicles, 

 at the extremity of the branches, of a purplifli red colour, 

 marked with white, and the bottom yellow- ; pods about fix 

 inches long, and J of an inch broad, each containing three 

 or four compreded feeds. Grov.ing naturally in both Indies, 

 and introduced here by Mr. Bentick in 1 690. — fi. Yi. purpurea, 

 purple mountain E. Chovanna-Mandaru ; 2. Rheed Mai. I. 

 59. t. 33. " Leaves fubcordate, two parted, nninded, tu- 

 iiientofc underneath." A tall tree, differing from tke fore- 



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going in having larger leaves, more deeply cut, and more 

 contrafted on the fides ; the calyx is yellowifh green, and 

 red ; the corolla of a very red purple, and one petal out of 

 the five llreaked with white on the claw within and without; 

 all lanceolate and dillant ; legumes larger than thofe of any 

 other fort, being one and half or two fpans long, and aa 

 inch broad. A native of the Eall Indies, where it flov.'er» 

 through the year. Introduced here in 1778. — 7. B. tomen- 

 tofa, downy mountain E. Mandani Maderafpatenfe. Pluk. 

 Aim. 240. t. 44. f. 6. Canfchena-pou, Rheed. Mai. 1.63. 

 1.35. " Leaves cordate, lobes femi-orbiculate tomentofe." 

 This gi jws to the height of two fathoms, with a trunk nearly 

 fix inches in diameter, and divides into many branches i 

 leaves fmallcr than thofe of the foregoing, rounded, clovea 

 half way, feven-ncn'cd and blunt, with rounded lobes ; hav- 

 ing a ftrong fcent if rubbed during the night, when the lobe* 

 are clapped together ; the calyx of tlie flowers green and 

 bell-(haped, the corolla yellowifh white ; one of the pctali 

 having a duflty red purple fpot at t!;e claw; ftamens yellow, 

 ifli white ; flowers without fmell. A native of tlie Ead 

 Indies. Cultivated, fays Ray, by Coir.pton biiTiop of Lon- 

 don, in 1607 — 8. B. acumir.ata, fliarp-leaved mountain E. 

 Velutta-Mandaru, Rheed. Mai. i. 61 . t. 34. " Leaves ovate, 

 lobes acuminate femi-ovate." Thisrifes to a man's height. 

 With a trunk as thick as his arm ; leaves more deeply cut, 

 longer, contrafled in.toacufp or point towards the end, nine- 

 nerved, lefs divaricated; flowers bell-(hapcd, pure white, with- 

 out fceat ; petals rounded and blunt ; ftamens white ; legumes 

 fmallcr than in the others, being four or five inches long, aa 

 inch broad, fmooth, with a round broad back. A native 

 of the Eaft Indies-. 9. B. emar^ina/a, " ftera prickly, leave* 

 cordate with round lobes, ton.entofe underneath ;" feldom 

 rifing more tiiau ten feet high, dividing into many branches, 

 armed with faort crooked fpines ; leaves alternate, heart- 

 (hap;d, with two roundifli lobes; flowers two or three toge- 

 ther at the extremity of the branches, large, of a dirty 

 white colour, and fucceeded by flat pods, each containing 

 two or three feeds. — 10. B. rotunJiihi, " ilem prickly, leave* 

 fubcordate, two-parted, rounded, flowers fcattered ;" rifing 

 twenty feet high, with a llrong upright ftem, fending out 

 branches towards the top, armed with fpines in pairs, ftrong 

 and crooked ; leaves like the former ; flowers large ana 

 white, fucceeded by long flat pods, narrow, and eac'u incltid- 

 ing five or fix feeds. This and the preceding are natives of 

 Carthagena in New Spain. — 1 1. B. aur'stn, long-eared moun- 

 tain E. " Leaves fubtranfverfe at the bafe, lobes lanceo- 

 late, porrecled, three-nerved ; petals. lanceolate." Culti- 

 vated by I^Ir. Miller, in 1756, and flowering in September. 

 — 12. V>. porreSa, Imcoth bioadleaved mountainE. " Ltavei 

 cordate, lobes porrcdled, acute, three-nerved, petals lanceo- 

 late." A tree rifing about fifteen feet high, with fevei-al 

 ftraight trunks, thick as a man's kg, covered with a whitiiTi 

 bark, dividing into mariy branches and twigs ; leaves three 

 inches long and two broad, yellowlfh-green, fmooth, with 

 feven or more ribs, and fome tranfycrle ; the petioles an 

 inch long ; the fioweri at the cnd= cf the twigs, on pe- 

 dicels half an inch long ; petals long, red-white varie- 

 gated or ftriatcd ; ftamens long and white ; legumes five or fix 

 inches long, brown. Growiiiv on the hills in Jamaica. The 

 wood very hard, and veined with black, wlicnce the name 

 of ebony. CuHivated by Mr. Miller, in 1739, and flower- 

 ing in July. — 13. B. .an'\ihi, white-leaved mountain E. 

 " Leaves cordate, pu! tfeent underneath, lobes ovate, ob- 

 tufe ; calyxes attenuated Ujiwatds and elongated." A na- 

 tive of the Eaft Indies, introduced by Dr. P. RulTel in 

 1777; flowering in May and June. There are mjny 

 •ther fpccic* boUi from the Eaft and Welt Indies, not 



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