p. 100. 



■FR UT E X Spinofus Buxl foliis^ plurimis Jimul nafcentihus: 

 flore tetrapetaloide^ pendulo^ Jbrdideflavo^ tuho longiJ]îmo\ fruBu 

 ovali croceo^ femina parva continente. 



CATESBiEAf. Lycium C^-teshéi, ^mbore D. Gronovio. 

 Pertanthium quadridentatum, minimum, acutum, perfiflens. 

 MonGpetalaJnfundihuli-formis: Tubus omnium longijfimus^ reBus; fu- 

 pernefenfim crajfior. lAmhus femiquadrifidusjatus, ereBo-planm. 

 Stamina. Fi lamenta quatuor, intra collum tubi enata. Anthera^, ohlongœ ereBcc^ 



corolla fere longiores. 

 Piftillum. Germen Jubrotundum, infra receptaculum fior is. Stylus fili for mis, lon- 

 'gttudine corollce. Sû^m-à jimp lex. 

 Fericarpium. Bacca Ovalis, coronata, unilocularis. 

 Semina. Plura^ angulata. 



Calyx. 

 Corolla. 



EAR the Town of NaJJ'aiv, in Pro'vide7ice, 

 one of the Bahama Iflands, I faw two of 

 thefe Trees growing, which were all I ever 

 faw, the largefl of them was about fonr 

 Inches thick, and twelve or fourteen Feet in 

 Height ; the Bark was fmooth, of a greenifh 

 ruifet Colour, and the Wood feemingly tough 

 and hard: The Leaves were like thofe of Box, but fmaller; 

 they grow in Clufters round the Stalks, by Intervals -of an Inch 

 Space, moreorlefs; from every Clufler fhoots forth two {harp 

 pliant Spines: The Flowers are tubulous, of a yellow Colour 

 about fix Inches long, hanging pendulous : They are mono- 

 peralous, being very fmall at the Calix, and wide at the 

 Mouth, in Form of a Roman Trumpet, except that their 

 Verge is divided into four deep Segments, which are ufually 

 reflcded back. 



The Fruit is of an Oval Form, and of the Size of a Pullet's 

 Egg ; the Flefh or Pulp of it is like [that of a ripe Apple, 

 covered with a fmooth yellow Skin j the Middle of the Fruit 

 is hollow, containing many fmall triangular Seeds, adhering 

 to a Pithy Placenta, which runs through the Fruit : The 

 Fruit has an agreeable Tartnefs, and good Flavour, and feems 

 as if it was capable of being improved by Cultivation, but is 

 little known. In the Year 1726 there was feveral young Plants 

 of it raifed by many to whom I diftributed Seeds, that I brought 

 from Providence; but none were fo fuccefsful in raifmg it, 

 as Mr. Powers, a fkilful and curious Gardiner, at Mr. Blath- 

 *WMt\ of Derhatn, near Bath, who raifed a Plant which pro- 

 duced many fair and ample BlofToms, fome Specimens of which 

 he fent to my Friend Mr. Peter CoUi?iJo?i, in the Year 1734. 



\RES de la Ville de Naflau dam TJJle de la 

 Providence, une des IJles Bahama, je vis deux 

 de ces Arbres fur pied, & ce font les feuls que 

 jaie jamais vu, le plus gros avait environ 

 quatre pouces de diamètre, & douze ou qua- 

 torze pieds de haut ; Técorce étoit unie dun 

 brun verdâtre, & le bois paroiffbit dur & pas 

 fragile : les feuilles étoient comme celles du Bouis, tnais plus 

 petites; elles croiJfe?it en bouquets autour des tiges par inter- 

 valles d'un pouce plus ou moins ; de chaque bouquet il fort 

 deux épines pointues Gf pliantes ; les fleurs font tubideujes, jaunes^ 

 d'environ Jix pouces de long & pendantes, elles fo7it tnonopetales, 

 fort minces dans le calice, & large à leur ouverture com?ne 

 une 'Trompette Romaine, excepté que leur bord efî divifé e?i 

 quatre fegmens profonds qui fe retiverfent ordinairement en 

 arrière. 



Le fruit efî oval, de la groffeur d'un œuf de Poulet, la 

 pulpe en efî femblable à celle d'une pomtne meure, couverte 

 d'un peau unie & jaune ; le milieu du fruit efî creux, qui ren- 

 ferme plifieurs petites femences triangidaires, attachées à un 

 Placenta moileux qui traverfe le fruit. Ce fruit a ime agréable 

 acidité & une bonne odeur, il femble qu'on pourrait l'améliorer en 

 le cultivant, mais tl efî peu connu: En 1726 on éleva plufeurs 

 de ces jeunes plantes prove?iant des femences que j avais aportées 

 de rifle de la Providence, © que j'avois diflribuée à plufeurs 

 de mes amis, mais perfonne ne fut plus heureux que Monf. Powers, 

 habile & curieux Jardinier de Monf Blaithwait, à fa maifon 

 de Derham auprès de Bath, car il éleva une de ces plantes qui 

 produifit plu fleurs belles & grandes fleurs dont il envoya quelques 

 échantillons à mon ami Monf. CoUinfon en ï année 1734. 



PAP IhJO caudatus Carolinianus ; fufcus, Jlriis pallefcentibus; Une a £/ 

 maculis fanguineis fubtus ornât us. Pet. Muf. p. 50. ]Si° 508. 



THE Back of this Butterfly is black, as is the Ground of 

 the four Wings. Several white Lifts crofles the upper 

 Wmgs obliquely ; the two under Wings have likewife two 

 white Lifts, extending downwards; they have beftdes four 

 ■white Spots, with one red and a blue Spot in each Wing; the 

 ynder Side of the Wing, befides feveral white Lines, has two 

 red, and three blue Spots. 



N. B, // is not without ReluSlancy, that I here exhibit a 

 Plant with my own Name annexed to if ; but the Re- 

 gard and Obligations I owe to my learjied Friend Dr. 

 J. F. Gronovius o/" Leyden, who was plea fed fome Tears 

 Jince to honour me, thd undefervedly , with the Title of 

 /his Genus, obliges me not to fupprejs it. 



CE Papillon a le dos noir, de même que le fond de fes 

 quatre ailes; plifieurs rayes blanches traverj'ent fes ailes 

 fuperieures obliquement, les deux ailes de deffous ont pareillement 

 deux rayes blanches qui s'étendent vers le bas ; elles ont en outre 

 quatre taches blanches une rouge & une bleue fur chaque aile ; le 

 deffous des ailes outre plufeurs lignes blanches a trois taches 

 bleues & deux rouges. 



N. B. Ce n'eft pas fans repugnance, que je donne la defcrip- 

 tion d'une plante, qui porte mon nom ; mais le refpcd 

 & les obligations, que je dois à mon amis le Dodteur 

 y. F. Gronûve, de Leide, qui me fit l'honneur, fans que 

 je le meretois, d'entituler ce genre de plants dé mon 

 nom, m'obligent à ne le pas lupprimtr. ^ 



FINIS. 



