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The Natural Hiftery of JAMAICA. 
Hughes, p. 95. faysthat a Tree will propagate its felf in length one or two 
alge AES that it is good for. Fire-Wood,,, for Ships, and that 
Oyfters growjoa them, which incie to;NEnery. a; 4 
“A Place in Summer Ifles, from thefe Trees) call?'d. Mangrove Buy, Smith. 
: af ideas poi4.found this Treg in the Cape Verd Iffes, and p.72. in Barba- 
dos, where a Kind of Gum oufes, wearetold, from its Limbs, and hangs 
Drop by Drop till it :roots.; and that the Bark is us’d for Ropes and 
Hamacks, by which ’tis plain he confounds this with a great Mallow, de- 
{crib’d in the firft Volume of this Hiftory, and a Figg-Tree to be defcrib’d 
hereafter. reagh oh y bg! 
This is what is cal?d a great and fair Tree of f{pecial Obfervation by 
Terry, p. 104. ia the Mogeé’s Country. |. Hy LS 
We took (at Madagafcar). fome Oyfters, which the Inhabitants call 
Oring. Thefe ftick to the Trees and Bushes that are upon the Sea Side, 
being at Highs Water cover’d with the. Tide. - They are large, and as de- 
licate as any.Ewg/and affords, Mandelfla,p.205.°  , ..,. | 
_ Whis T believe to be the Mangle arbor pyrifolia [alfis locis in America pro- 
veniens, fruita oblengo tereti fummis ramis radicofa. Pluk, phyt. Tab. 204. 
bic. _ Hoody 2 1 Pastip men iY ; 
the ftreight Shoots and Fruit of thefe Trees, whereby they root them- 
felves in the Mud, or Sea, are cut off and made into hollow Truncs, where- 
by Boys fhoor Humming, ard other {mall Birds, awith the Help.of {mall 
Peas and the Foreg of their Breath, Low! sis 
That Part of the Branches of thefe Trees that is under Water, is 
crowded fomgrimes very fullof.Oyfters flicking to them ; they are at firft 
wery little, ag jaft near as bigyas Wool flees Oyfters, and,are thence gather’d 
and call’d fromehis Tree Mangrove Oyfters. ot, ne 
.. Lhe Coaft of Brafit by Maragnap, 1s fortify’d by thefe Trees, 4b. The 
Roots are fointerlac’d, tharthey makeitinacceflible.. [ 5 
;,, Lhe Pods;are eat in fcarce;Fimes; they-are- bitter and yellowifh, being 
2st 
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pithy. The. Wood is good for, Doors, Windows, cc. Oviedo... 9, 1. 
Thefe Trees are common:in many Parts of the Weft Indies. Dampier, 
as about Realejo. cap. 5. roy a B 4 
, LI, Mangle laurocerafi. fofijs flare atho tetrapetalo. Cat. Fam. p..156. Ray. 
fhift Vol. 3. dendr. p.i15. Aakynoxylum Americanum folto craffiufculo molli 
ee tenact. Pluk. Alm, p. 1.27. phyts, Tab. 4 72» Fig., 6:2... a 
This Tree is another Sory of this, agreeing moftly with the former, rifing 
not above fifteen or fixteen Foot high; its Trune.is:not.fo large, having 
a, fmooth whitifh green Bark, and trom the fame, Places of the. Stem are 
A'wags, propagating the Tyree asthe former; the Branches at Top are 
jointed towards their Ends. here and there, where. come out: the Leaves, 
oppolite qne:to another, oa very {mall.Footftalks. > they ‘are two: Inches 
and a half long, one broad-in the Middle, where, broadeft, {mooth, foft, 
having one large Rib of a dark green Colour ; the Flowers are ‘many. at 
the. Top of the Branches, white and tetrapetalous, | : _ 
It grows indifferently with the former. . many ee | 
- ae Anonimus Portugal of, Brafile. ap. Purchase lib 9. cap. 4. 2. 1216. 
found. it there growing like, Wilogs “7 P _ p “3 
po te dent sine ; y q i By ane I 7 Re hs and 4, Ain Mangle abby soriaras 
oro Geniiujcuto glabro fubrotunao, fructu forma cario  eromeatiri . 
Plaken, phyt.Tab. 204, Fig. 4? Alm. p.24t? ¢ phyla 4xOMmabick majore 
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