nutmeg plant, and- ainuty-'inya-state -supposed <sa>pabl@^sf
germination! >to a I person bbfonging.to the Embas s y ,> who
committed it immediately'to thfe . care-o£>k>-gentleman,
then! bound' for5^England, in order to be-put in rids-iMa*
jestyls rich botanical garden1 at Kem; from whence,^ had
the plants succeeded ■ there, this tree might i-baYO been
propagated;in the British-plantations:in theiWest Indies^
in like manner as the coffee tree ■>was1 transplantediilo the
French West Indies; in the begihningh©£-.thd4)r.ese^_
centuiy, from a very few specimens in the botanic-gap?
den at Baris. The-nutmeg plant, howev,ep?«:s^fi^!^|in
tire passage, and was left at St. Helena. g
The nutmeg tree is a beautiful vegetable Jh The:i|gipRi
with a smooth brown bark, rises .perfectly c&traoght eg| its
strdngandmumerQusbranches>proceedTfegnlaplyifr»©:mijit
in an .obIiqupditecfon upwards. Theyt.beSisi'ai^e^d^
leates pendulous from them, s o m e a foot in length.
The upper and-outer surface ©T the leaf ^iksmodth;?.-;and
©fa deep! agreeable greCn. isiBh^ under and irihe®surfe|e
is marked with a strong nerve in the middle of the leaf,
from the-footstalk to the point; and from this-mad^fte
hmyesothers proceed obHquely tbwards. the poititiand
edgesof the? leaf ;- Bur what distinguishes mostthis* inner
surface, is its uniform bright brown colour,-without the
least rntermixnne1 of green, and a s i f stirewed''!ail oyer
with a fine brown powder. The* whole 'leaf-is characterized
by its fragrant odour, sufficiently denoting the
frUifcwhi<ditthLtr«^®dTflK:est. ffeTh-isj.fruit,1 when fresh,
is -abo’uMhesdWandlifiguaiejof a', common * nectarine .jp It
coftsist’seof law outward», rind, betweendwhich and the
inward she%lis3 found a reticulated i-membrane, ordir
Vided skin; iwhasch, when‘.dried,*, is ;eaHeduth.e mace,.
•Wtha-G-'ikknhwn *by the hame^of nutmeg*,is*. t-he/kesnei
Within thehhellpandjisisoft in its o.mgirial^te.|
asiTfee-sameJmedicab’gasdenaat Batavia contains a- clo.ve
IteeiJiiDhenehwel istKsmly.theugermnf rhofrpit .with the
*oW^umpvfGDntah3>iKg>Mt. Th^foafri* oval, smooth*
small,' na«B0*v^#»#rv,!and-,a4©matic| | The eamphoyfrefe
•fekrsdeaves 5 not unlike)th^eiofithe^efoise,« kutstrongcf,
aM&fo##her- wit4,Pt eisy lodaenyart^die! tree smeUs^of
that substioalyd'tdis extracted, by Boiling, - in common
awiterp thewdofe,,trunk., branches,1 and leayes^ when -the
-ea’mphoKjfmsdng1 to^thefSurfaGe/ ofothg, boiling, water, is
dksily-separated fromdt. T^e cinnamon trke-may be distinguished,
not only h y the. threenecves^whieh always-
regtilarlyidiv-MOi the innersusfacei of its ^o^lileafobnt
afe&iby the same fragrant- smell, which issue’s ,ton bruis.-
ingtanyipaft.-so£th4iea>«es^0r-vbranicheS -o£ theltree.ihat
is* known to be affordedby-ifebark. The pepper, which
isqhserved to grow always- bf|fey#yjaear-vto thalquatoi,
)is a- creeping plant or vine, generally supportedoqn/a
living tree.Its«leaves, which are of a.darkog^gnjQfdou'B,
aremot very.unlike^thoshof theicommon) hazel; but .are
extremely pungent. The pepper grows in clusters, like
Batavia.