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CALYCI FLORAE. 
petals being apparently the longest) : filaments subulate, com- 
pressed : anthers small, yellow. Disk annular, crenulated, 
purple. Ovary 3-gonal : styles 3 : stigmata simple. Drupe 
oblong, six-lined, purple. 
This is a very pleasant fruit, of a sweet subacid taste, and 
well deserving of cultivation. It is not liable to be infested by 
insects, from the thickness of the rind serving as a protection 
against their attacks. Confections and jellies are made from 
it in the French Islands. 
3. Spondias graveolens. Common Hog-Plum. 
Leaves impari-pinnate, leaflets 5-8-paired ovato- 
oblong acuminate with the apex blunt obsoletely ser- 
rulated, petiole subterete, raceme panicled much lon- 
ger than the leaves. 
Myrobalanus folio fraxini alato, Sloane, II. 125. t. 219. f. 1, 
2. — Spondias Mombin, Jacq. Artier. 138. — Gcertu. de Fruct. II. 
102 — S. lutea, De Cand. Prod. II. 75. 
HAB. Common. 
FL. May. 
A lofty spreading tree. Leaves at the ends of the branch- 
lets, impari-pinnate : leaflets 5-8-paired, petiolulated, ovato- 
oblong, acuminate with the apex blunt, unequilateral at the 
base, obsoletely serrulated, glabrous, nerved and veined : petiole 
subterete, puberulous. Racemes terminal, panicled, 6-12 inches 
in length : peduncle and its divisions compressed, angulose. 
Flowers numerous, of a yellowish white, slightly fragrant, 
shortly pedicelled. Calyx minute, 5-fid, puberulous. Petals 
5, oblong, reflected. Stamens 10, erect, length of the petals: 
anthers yellow. Disk glandulose, yellow, 10- crenulated. Styles 
5, short, appressed to each other. Drupe oval, yellow. 
A branch of this tree, made into a post, driven into the 
ground, readily takes root, and is frequently employed in mak- 
ing fences. The tree, being of rapid growth, and affording a fine 
shade, is planted in pastures for the sake of the cattle. 
The fruit is called Mombin by the French colonists, and Jobo 
by the Spanish. It has a rank smell, but an agreeable subacid 
taste. It is seldom made use of; but is accounted an excellent 
food for fattening hogs. Barham recommends an infusion of 
the bark and leaves as a bath, followed by dry friction, in cases 
of oedema. A reddish or dark brown gum exudes from the 
tree when wounded. Hence, the young tops boiled in water, 
from the mucilage they contain, may be employed for shaving, 
when the skin is too irritable to permit the use of soap. Wa- 
ter, like that from the stem of the icatcr-withe, is said to flow 
from the roots when divided. The wood is light, and capable 
of being used as a substitute for cork. 
