The Natural Hiftory of j AMAICA, 
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long iy about three pair of Pinn ftanding oppofite to one a- 
nother on imal} Footftalks, with an odd one at the End, larger than 
the others, which are each of them an Inch and an half long, and about 
half as broad in the Middle, where broadeit, ending in a Point, being 
fmooth and of a dark green Colour; the middle Rib between each 
pair of Pinn, has an extantMembrane on each Side of it, aboutan 8th of am 
Inch broad, like the Border or firft Leafofan Orange-Tree, or like that of 
the Sope-berry Tree, The Flowers are many which come out at the 
Ends of the Branches ftanding on an Inch and half long Footftalk, they 
are made up of feveral pale purple, long Stamina, to which follow three 
{nches long, angular Pods, of a greenifh Colour, containing a great 
many quadrangular, foft Peas, lying clofe together in a white, {weet 
Pulp, which iseat by the Negroes. 
Ic grew on the Banks of Rro Nuevo hanging down over the Water, 
in the North Side of this Ifand. 
The fweet Pulp in which the Peas ate lodg’d, is eat by the Nezro’s 
and Indians. 
XL. Jaglandis folio, fruticofa filiquofa folijs pinnatis cofta mé ia mem- 
branulis atrinque extuntibus alata, filigaa quadrangula, Cat. fam. p. 153. 
Tab. 175. Fig. 2, Aw Acncia Americana, non [pinofa, folijs jaglandis flore 
purpareo. Plum. Toarnef. Inft. p. 605? An Caffia fylveftris fetida (iliquis 
alatis, Plam? , 
‘This Shrub has a woody angular Stalk filPd with a white Pith, and co- 
verd with a preen, ftriated Bark, rifing two Foot or more high, on the 
‘Twigs of which come alternatively feveral wing’d Leaves, the middle Rib 
whereof is about a Foot long, being corner’d and ftriated, to which 
ate join’d the Pinna, at about an Inch’s Diftance fet oppofite to one 
another by Pairs, each of which is two Inches long and one broad 
near the round End where broadeft, fmoorh, and of a yellowifh green 
Colour. . Lh 
I: grew on a Bank near the Craw? Plantation on the Road going to 
the Ferry. ib ila | 
Dr. Prakenet fufpetts this to be the fame with the Precedent. p. 137. 
of his Mentiffa, but they are perfeCly different. ; oo 
Infutani folijs utuntur ad berpetes carandas himc Gallice ab ipfis Darttier di- 
citur D. Fuiffied. | ut 
XLV Acacijs afinis arbor’ (liquofa folio fabrotundo fingulari, flore flamineo 
albido, filiqua tereti ventriofa, tajus tatertor tuntca eft mucofa & eleganter 
miniata. Cat, Fam. p. 153. Raj. Hift. Vol. 3. Dendr.p. 102. 
‘his Tree rifeth to about Twenty Foot high, having a Trunc as 
dich zs ones Thigh, the Bark is of a datk grey Colour, the Branches 
bow downwards and are crooked, having here and there Knobs on 
them, the Leaves come out on cach fide of the Twigs alternatively, 
at about halfan Inch’s Diftance, &anding on a brown half Inch long 
Footftalk, they are two Inches long, and one and a quarter broad, of 
an oval Figure, having one middle and feveral tranfverfe Ribs, being 
fmooth, thin, and of a dark green Colour ; the Flowers come on the 
Ends of the Twigs, and coafilt of a great many very long, white 
Staininainelos’d aa a.green Capfula, to which follow three Inches long, 
round, green, fmooth, ventriofe Pods, in which, under each Swelling, 
