( 145^ ) 
Laurel, and fom of them as large and mn vtiny^ Jrom the 
bofom of thefe come clufiersof Flomr-hnds lik^ thofe in Holly, 
at the tops of the branches I often ohfervd drops of Cum, re- 
femblingMdStick. 
x8. Ricinus Arcautwnfis Chama^nerij folio^ 
Arcaut is about 25 Leagues from Foit St George. 
Its Flowers and fruit grow at the trp of the branches^ the 
Leaves exa&ly refitnble the Willow-bay, grow alternatelj, and 
on each fde at their fetting on grows a fine hair or beard. 
29. Ricinus Malabar. Linariae folio vix ferrato. 
Rtcinqs Indicus minor, fol. Saligincis ferratis H. Oxt S. 
10. p 349. pi. 25. 
Ricinus M^/4^>. frutefcens Lathyridis facie fruftu in foli- 
crum alis echinato Aim, Bot. 31 1. pi x. lin. 8. 
Lathyris fruticcfcens fruftu in foliorura alis echinato Ray. 
H- PI. 1710.C. 10. 
Codi Avanacu Af^A Boin Erando Bram, H. MaL V. 2* T. 
34. p. 68. 
Parang tantan tantan Lulon* 
We come next to the Ricini with divided Leaves^ which are 
called Palma Chrifti. 
Barbadoes Pbyfick Nut. 
Kxcinns Americus Lugd. 1790. c. 25« F/g. Fruftus. 
Ricinus Americanus Aidin. 86 Ger. 399. Fig- 2. Fruii.Ger* 
cmac. 496. Lob. Ic. 688. "Park 183. Fig. 4. 
Ricinus Americanus major fem. nigro C 5. 432. 3. 
Ricinus Amtric. Curcas vocatus ^CIus. Exot. 299. c. 4. Fig. 
Fr. 
Ricinus maj. Americ. Curcas diUus & Faba pargatrix 
India Occidu£ L B. V. 3. 1. 34. p. 643. Fig Chabr. 529. Ic. 4. 
Ricinus Ficus folio, fiore pcntapetalo viridi, fruftu laevi 
pendulo Cat. PL Jam. 40. i. Ray H. PL 166. 2. H. Ox. 
S. I©, p. 348. 15. 
A particular account of this PI ant y with the ufe of its Ker^ 
mis we may expeS fuddenly to fee in Dr SloanV Hiflory ^ 
Jamaica, which is now in the Prefs. 31. 
