Moneecia . 
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Native of Jamaica, and common about the streets of 
Spanish-Town and Kingston. 
Hura. Gen. char . — ( 1 ) Calyx two-leaved ; cor. 
none; anthers twenty, sessile. (2) Cal. cylindrical j 
cor. none ; one pistil ; caps, ten-celled. 
Hura Crepitans , Crackling Sand-box Tree. A na- 
tive of Jamaica ; rises to the height of thirty or forty 
feet, and with its large heart-shaped leaves, some of 
which are near a foot in length, and of a beautiful 
green, forms a thick shade. The capsule is of a woody 
texture, round and flat, and regularly divided into 
cells, each of which contains a single seed. The seeds 
being taken out, the shell is converted into a sand-box, 
from which the name is derived ; and when the seeds 
ripen on the tree, the cells burst with an explosive 
noise, and discharge the seeds to a considerable dis- 
tance. This is the origin of the specific name. 
Hippomane. Gen. char. — (1) Cal. two-cleft ; cor. 
none; anthers two-cleft. (2) Cal. three-cleft ; cor. 
none ; stigma three- fold ; drupe or capsule one-seeded, 
or three- celled. 
Hip. Mancinetta, Manchineal Tree ; with ovate ser- 
rated leaves. A native of Jamaica ; grows to a large 
tree, the wood of which answers well for furniture, and 
produces a fruit having some resemblance to the crab- 
apple. The fruit seems to possess, in certain stages of 
its growth, an acrid or deleterious quality ; and indeed 
was supposed by travellers to be deadly poison. 
