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second year. We may then commence, leaving the lower limbs 
long, and gradually shortening the branches as we .approach 
the top, so that the fence may gradually taper up in a wedge- 
like form. If treated in this manner, the Logwood forms a 
hedge superior to almost any other, not excepting even the 
Hawthorn, which, in appearance, it so much resembles. I may 
instance the Logwood fences in Vere, which are trimmed in 
this manner, and are equal to any of the Hawthorn fences to he 
seen in England. 
The Logwood is a powerful astringent, and may be employed 
as a substitute for Kino, Catechu, or any other of this class of 
remedies. In diarrhoea and chronic dysentery, the decoction is 
used with great benefit. In Long’s work, it is recommended 
to take 2 oz. of the chips, and a quart each of milk and of water, 
and to boil the whole down to one quart; of which, a tea-cupful 
is to be given every 3 hours. As an external application, on 
one occasion the leaves, beat up into a pulp with a little tur- 
pentine added, were applied to a phagedenic sore, of a very 
obstinate character, with the best effects. 
XLVIII. Parkinsonia. 
Calycine sepals 5, equal, patenti-reflected, shortly 
united at the base. Petals 5 , ovate, plane : the up- 
per one subrotund, with the claw long. Style fili- 
form, subascending. Legume lineari-oblong, acumi- 
nate at both ends, torose : seeds oblong ; endopleura 
tumid ; cotyledons oblong ; radicle ovate j hilum 
linear . — De Cand. 
Named, by Plunder, after John Parkinson, Apothecary in 
London, author of some Botanical works. 
1. Parkinsonia aculeata. Jerusalem Thorn. 
Browne, 222. — Jacq. Amer. 121. t. 80. 
HAB. In the vicinity of houses: probably from cultivation. 
FL. Throughout the year. 
A prickly shrub, 12-15 feet in height: prickles solitary or 
in threes. Leaves pinnated; leaflets frequently deciduous or 
abortive : petiole very long, linear, winged. Racemes loose. 
Petals yellow ; the upper one variegated with reddish spots. 
This is a very ornamental shrub, of quick growth. 
XLIX. Tamarindus. 
Calycine sepals 5, united at the base into a tube, 
with the limb free and reflected ; three of them are 
oblong ; two inferior, connate into a single lobe, 
