The Natural Hiftory of TAMAIG A, 
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Ais fell’d and made into Planks to {heath Ships; the Worms as itis 
faid, which deftroy Ships in thefe Parts not daring to eat this Sheathing, 
perhaps from the poyfonous Quality allof this Kind have. uh 
XLVI. Werio affinis arbor, verficolora materie, Lauri folio latido, lore pen. 
tapetaleide fulphureo amplo. Cat. Fam. p.155. Tab. 1$3. Hig.2. Raj. Hift. 
Vol. 3. po 195. An FecuibaBrafil. Marcgr. p. 124? wel B 
The Spanifh Elm, or Prince Wood. | 
.. This grows tovbe a very large and ftately Tree, affording very broad 
Boatds| to make Tables or Cabinets of its Wood, which is of the Sofnef 
and Grain of Elm, whence the Name of Spam/h Elm, having many 
undulated light browr, or grey Lines in: ity. making a pleafant fhow, 
whence'came the Name of Princé Wood among{t our Cabinet-Makers, 
they uting it very much, thofe Lines being only the Interftices between 
the yearly additional Circlesto the Tree; the Bark is Afh-colour’d, very 
{mooth, having no Adperities in ivat all ; the Branches Binds are befet with 
Leaves on three quarters of an Inch long Footftalks, they are two Inches 
long and one'broad im the Middle, where broadeft, from whence they de- 
creafe in Breadth to /both Exttemes, they are fmooth, not ferrated, and 
of a frefh green Colour. The Flowers ftand feveral together ; they are 
large from a narrow Beginning, opening wider, almoft like a Bell Flower, 
the Margins being divided into five Sections, of a fulphurous Colour, or 
like the yellow Flowers of the Mervailes of Perw. The Fruic I -faw 
not. 
It grows on a Hill over Mr. Batzdelor’s Plantation, and in the Nort 
Side of the Ifland more copioutiy, becaufe they have not been fell’d 
much there, as where the Spaséards had more need of Wood in the 
South Side. 
When this Tree is young it makes good Hoops. , 
It is fell’d and fent into Exrope in great Quantities for the Ufe of Cabiz 
net Makers, @c. 
XLIX. Apocyno affine Gelfeminum Indicum bederaceum fruticofam minus, 
Cat. Jam. p:216. Aa Bignonia Americana lutea fraxini folto filequis ang uftiori- 
bus Sirinami. Tournmef. El. p. 133+ Bagnonia arbor fraxint folio frre lateo. 
Plam. pl. Ani.p. 50. Clematis Peruana digitalis flore folio fraxini. Herm. par. 
Bat. prop 304. Clematis Americana fraxini folio erecta. Breys. pr. 2. 
The Branches of this Shrub were woody, the Bark brown, fmooth and 
tough, it lad alated Leaves made up of three or four Pair of Pinnz, with 
an odd one at the End; the Pinnz ftood ex adverfo, were about an Inch 
long, half as broad, {mooth, pointed at the End, . indented about the 
Edges, and hadino Foorftalks. The Flowers {tood ina Spike, were like 
thofé of the.common Tecomexothitl, only leffer, to which fueced Pods like 
thofe of Apocynum. 
It was brought from ‘famaica by Sfames Harlow, and given me by 
Dr. Sherard, frommSit Arthur Rawdon. 
angle pyrt folijs cum filiquis longis ficui Indice affinis. Cat. Jam. 
?. eae Lig. ein p. Fa F Manoles aquatica, folss fabrotuudis & 
purctatis. Plam. pl. Am. p. 13. Red Mangrove of Dampier. cap.3. Gc. Av 
Mangles alba cortaria, folio demfiufeulo fobrorundo glabro fruttx forma cariophyt- 
dir aromatici majore. Plaken. p- 3. Tab, 204. Fig.4? An Montochiba tirtin 
arbor amyzi, aloides tintboria paludofa Parevuvier vrolet farian? | Te 
