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pofite to another, and thofe alfo are fet very thick wi es eae 
{mall tho’ larger than many, of this Kiad, eared a 
fmooth and like thofe of the Tamarind Tree, whence the aane 
the Flowers come out among the Branches, ftanding on a two Inch 
long Footftalk,; and confift of a great many whitifh Filaments fet es 
reddifh Capfulx, ftanding all round the fame Centre, being oak 
{pherical like a Ball, as big asa Cherry, and fmelling very oe Af y 
thefe come the Pods hanging on two Inches long, brown Footftalks cach 
whereof is five Inches long, a little contorted or turn’d fpirall aw 
as big as ones Middle-Finger, on their outfide, of the finett ae Co 
lour I ever faw, the Pods are ventriofe or bunch’d out in feveral Places, 
and when ripe not dry but moift, when opening they are white in Ste 
SE ee oath. in ent 5 ie burich’d or protuberant places one 
ack Fea, imooth, perie erical, like Sloe 
its Pulp or Infide Seen ‘ : : s, and moilt, having 
It grows in Gullies, near the River fides, and i : 
Bed all re a eta: n moift Grounds in Fa- 
It is one of the largeft Timber Trees the Ifland affords, is fell?’ 
and made Ufe of on all Accounts about building, tho” ane = ‘sie 
foft. 
Leaves, 
Colour, 
n. Name, 
XXXII. Acacia arborea maxima folijs vel vel pinnis minimis flore adoras 
tiffimo flavo. Cat. p. 151. Raj. Vol. 3: p- 477+ Denar. p. tor. Fh ee Fig. 
3 49 5° 
Wild-Tamarinds. 
This Tree has a Trunc as large as that of an Oak cover’d with 
a dark grey Bark, in which are many Furrows; the Wood is hard and 
reddifh ; it has a great many Branches crooked, of a grey Colour, and 
rifing thirty Foot high, equally fpread on every Hand, the Leaves are 
on the Twigs, they are winged, the Pinne whereof are the leaft of 
any of this Kind, I have obferved, of a dirty green Colour, fet on to 
their middle Ribs. Towards the Ends of the Branches come out the 
Flowers on half Inch long Footltalks, they are yellow, very odorife- 
rous, globofe, made up of many Filaments fet round like the other 4- 
cacia, and fmell} very{weet, to thefe follow an Inch long crooked Pod, 
round, brown, {welling now and then, and containing in a fungous 
Pulp of a pale Colour, feveral, fmall, long, brown, very hard Seeds, 
being crooked, hollow and very like thefe of the Acacia vera. F. B. 
The young Trees have many long white Prickles. 
The Flowers fmell fo fweet and ftrong, that ’tis pleafant walking 
near them. 
It fweats out a mucilaginous red Gum, falfly taken for Opopanax, 
but more truly might be ufed for Gum Arabic. 
It grows about the Town of St. Fago dela Vega, and between it and 
Paffagefort in the Plains very plentitully. 
Lacuna gives the Figure of a large Tree growing abundantly in Pers, 
and there called Guaacéa, which I believe may be this. 
See hereafuer in the Tusas about Cochineel, where is mention’d an Infect 
coming on this Tree, which by Rouffeau, ap. Pom. p.33.is called Vermil- 
lion, of no ufe becaufe thicker than Cochinecl, and not to be dry’d. 
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