The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . S is a long fcandent Vine, cloathed with fmall pennated Leaves,* each confifting of eleven Pair, with an odd one at the End. The Flowers, being papilionaceous, fmall, and white, are fucceeded byPods, each inclofing two or three fcarlet Peas. Every one of thefe, at its Extremity, has a very black Spot, whichmakes it much refemble the Eye of a Crab* From thence it derivesits Name. The Least Wild Pea-Vine. T^ HIS is a (lender reddifh hairy Vine ; cloathed at uncertain Di«fiances with fmall green Leaves, generally three in Number, uponone common Foo
The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . S is a long fcandent Vine, cloathed with fmall pennated Leaves,* each confifting of eleven Pair, with an odd one at the End. The Flowers, being papilionaceous, fmall, and white, are fucceeded byPods, each inclofing two or three fcarlet Peas. Every one of thefe, at its Extremity, has a very black Spot, whichmakes it much refemble the Eye of a Crab* From thence it derivesits Name. The Least Wild Pea-Vine. T^ HIS is a (lender reddifh hairy Vine ; cloathed at uncertain Di«fiances with fmall green Leaves, generally three in Number, uponone common Footftalk. From the Bofom of the Leaves rife many yellow papilionaceousFlowers, each fucceeded by half-inch-long Pods, containing two fmallPeas. The Wild Potato-Vine. T^ HIS is a weak flender Vine, creeping upon the next Supporterit meets with ; but moft commonly it twines itfelf about Guiney-Com-ftalks, and blofloms about Chriftmas, Thefe are of the papiliona-ceous Kind, and of a beautiful Mixture of the moft fnowy-white anddeep-fcarlet Book VIII. IJlandof BARBADOS. I 7he Rope-Mangrove. T^H IS is a groveling Tree, feldom ridng above eighteen Feet high iThe Bark is of a Hght-ruffet Colour; the Leaves are high-ribbed ;their Length about feven, and their Breadth near fix Inches, fupportedeach by a fix-inch-long Footftalk. The Extremities of the Branches arebeautifully decorated with large yellow Flowers, very much refemblingthofe of the Cotton-Flower, except that they want the purple Spot at theBottom. The Petals of this Flower, which are five in Number, are fup-ported by a double Row of green capfular Leaves neatly jagged. ThePiflil is ftrong, and divides into four knobbed Divifions: From the Sideof it rife many yellow Stamina^ tipped with the fame colourd farinaceousApices. The Flower is fucceeded by a roundifh ftiarp-pointed Pod, dividedinto five Partitions, inclofing each a black kidney-like Seed. The moflcommon Method of cultivating thefe Trees is by cutting the youn
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