granatea:. 
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I Punica. Pomegranate. 
The generic character is the same as that of 
the Order. 
The name, according to some Authors, is derived from 
punicea scarlet , the colour of the flowers. Others again 
refer it to Punicus, and that it was so called from the cir- 
cumstance that the tree was first cultivated extensively 
in the neighbourhood of the ancient Carthage, and that 
hence the fruit received the name of malum punicum or 
C a rthagen ia n apple . 
1 Punica Granatum. Common Pomegranate. 
Leaves lanceolate, stem arborescent. 
De Cand. Prod. III. 3. 
11 A B. Cultivated. 
FL. Throughtout the year. 
The Pomegranate is origmallv a native of Syria. 
It appears to have been introduced into this island 
at a very early period after its $■ ttlement by the Spa- 
niards. It is a shrub a' out 10 feet in height. The 
flowers are very show’y ; are either scarlet or more rarely 
white, and single or double. The common or single red va- 
riety is very generally cultivated, especially in Kingston, 
and its vicinity, ana the truit acquires great perfection, 
being of an agreeable flavour, and weighing sometimes, 
according to Liman, a pound and a half. The double red, 
and the single and double white, have been introduced, but 
the heat of tne climate does not appear to agree with them, 
and 1 have of late lost sight of them. The Pomegranate 
is pi inci pally cultivated 'or the sake of the Fruit, which 
deserved y claims a place at the dessert. The seeds are 
surrounded by a transparent reddish pulp of a sweetish 
but astringent taste, peculiary grateful in a tropical 
climate. Several parts of the plant have also been used 
in medicine. The root, and especially its bark, is a power- 
ful reined v for Tape-worm, and was recommended as such 
by Dioscorides, Pliny, and Ceisus. It does not however 
appear to have again attracted notice as an article of the 
Materia Medica, until attention was called to it, by Dr. 
Buchanan, in the 3d volume of the Edinburgh Medical 
and Surgical Journal, as a powerful vermifuge in com- 
