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XXVII. Defer iption of the Jefuits Bark 'Tree of Jamaica 
and the Caribbees. By William Wright, M. D. Member 
of the Philofophical Society of America, and Surgeon- 
general in Jamaica. Communicated by Jofeph Banks, 
Ffquire , F. R. S. 
Read April 24, t H ^ HIS fpecies ot Jeluits bark grows on 
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ftony lands near the fea-fhore, in the 
parilhes of St. James and Hanover, on the north-lide of 
Jamaica; and I found one fmall tree, at a little diftance 
from the fort, at Martha Brae in the parifh of Trelawny. 
The tree is called the Sea-fide Beech, and rifes only to 
twenty feet. The trunk is not thick in proportion, but 
hard, tough, and of a yellowifh- white colour in the infide. 
The branches and leaves are oppofite; the leaves are of a 
rufty green, and the young buds of a blueifh green hue. 
It blofloms in November, and continues in flower till Fe- 
bruary, having on the fame tree or fprig, flowers and 
ripe pods. The flowers are of a dufkifh yellow colour, 
and the pods black: when ripe they fplit in two, and are, 
with their flat brown feeds, in every refpect fimilar to 
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