SPONDIAS, the JAMAICA PLUM; a genus of the pentagynia order, belonging to the decandria class of plants. There are two species: 1. The purpurea, or purple myrabolin plum, is a native of the West Indies, where it rises to the height of 12 or 14 feet, but in this country is seldom found more than half that height. The flowers terminate the branches in a racemus, and are of a whitish yellow colour. Some of them are succeeded by oblong fleshy berries of a pale yellow colour, covered with a mealy farina; the flesh of which is thin, but of a sweet luscious taste. The inclosed nut appears as if composed of many ligneous fibres. 2. The lutea, with neat leaves and yellow fruit, is a native of the warmest parts in America, where it rises to the height of 30 feet, sending out many irregular branches, which are destitute of leaves for some months. The flowers come out before the leaves appear, and are succeeded by yellow plums an inch and an half long. Both these species are propagated by fruit or by cuttings. The fruit is much esteemed, but the plums yield little meat; however, the wild hogs are very fond of them, and they are their principal food during the season of their ripening.