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Semina plurima, parva, comprefTa, marginata. 



Arbor erecta 20 pedes aha, ramis patentibus. Cortex fufcd- 

 cinereus, fapore primo dulci, mox amarefcente. 



JFolia oppofita, oblongo ovata, integerrima, glabra, fubtus venofa, 

 petiolata. Petioli breves, fupra fulcati. Stipules laterales, 

 ovato-lanceolatae, integrse, caulem arete amplexantes. 



■Inflorefcentia paniculato-corymbofa, terminalis. Pedunculus pie- 

 rumque brachiato-triternatus, teres, nudus. Corolla glabra, 

 palide rubra vel carnea, tres circiter polices longa. 



I have only met with this tree in three places ; in the in- 

 land, woody and mountainous parts of Weftmoreland and Ha- 

 nover parifhes. It grew on rocky ground, with a brick 

 mould, and affedting a northern afpect. The tailed I ever faw 

 was about thirty feet high, and 7 or 8 inches in diameter. 

 The branches are few and fpreading. The leaves ftand in pairs ; 

 they are fmooth and mining ; they are very like thofe of the 

 Portlandia grandiflora. The flowers grow in pretty large clu- 

 tters, on the extremities of the branches ; and have nearly the 

 beauty and appearance of the common honey-fuckle t but are ra- 

 ther larger. 



The feed-pod is larger than any other of this genus. It is 

 oval, adorned with the calyx, of a firm confidence, fomewhat 

 ftriated, and black-coloured ; when ripe, it fplits in two, and 

 difchafges a number of fmall, flat, brown feeds, with a mem- 

 brane nearly round the edges. 



The trunk and branches are of a brownifh gray colour, 

 with a few fuperficial furrows, and crofs cracks like the Peru- 

 vian bark. The bark of the trunk is pretty thick, and when 

 wounded, exfudes a fmall quantity of a milky juice. The 

 bark, when dried, is of a purplifh brown colour on the infide. 

 It is fibrous, and more difficult to pulverife than the Jefuit's 

 bark in ufe. The powder is of a purplifh gray colour, and 

 taftes fweet, then bitter and aflringent. 



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