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Groo-Groo, or Gru-Gru Palm. 
Acrocomia lasiospatha. Order Palmae. A 
handsome palm with very spiny trunk and pinnate 
(feather-like) leaves (also spiny) ; it grows to a 
height of from 45 to 50 feet ; native of the West In 
dies and South America. Walking-sticks are made 
from the trunk. 
(For description of seed see List, No. 1.) 
Horse-eye Bean. 
Mucuna urens. Order Leguminosae. Native of 
the West Indies and tropical South America. A 
twining plant, with leaves composed of three large 
divisions (leaflets) and large pendulous clusters of 
yellow flowers which are two inches long. The 
pod is marked by transverse ribs, and is partially 
covered with stinging hair. 
(For description of seed see List, No. 2.) 
Indian Shot. 
Canna indica. Order Scitamineae , Native of 
West Indies, etc. A plant growing in clumps in 
waste places in the hills. Height 3 to 5 feet; 
leaves, large, oval, pointed ; flowers red, variegated 
with yellow ; a wild canna. 
(For description of seed see List, No. 20.) 
Job’s Tears. 
Coix Lacryma-Jobi. Order Gramineae. Native 
of India but naturalized in wet places in Jamaica. 
A grass, 3 to 4 feet high, that may be seen on the 
road to Castleton, and along the banks of 
rivers on the north side of the island. The seeds 
are ground and fed to poultry. 
(For description of seed see List, No. 17.) 
Liquorice, or Crab’s-eyes. 
Abrus precatorius. Order Leguminosae. A 
twining plant with rose-coloured flowers, original- 
ly native of India but now naturalized and com- 
mon in the West Indies. In Jamaica it is common 
in thickets at low altitudes. The seeds of this 
plant are sometimes erroneously called John Crow 
