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, his was’ avery large Tree, rig thitty of forty Foot’high, having a 
Jarge. Trunc and ‘Branches Scover’d avid a. brown ‘finooth Bark; ‘and 
Leaves {tanding on them oppofite to one another, at cwo or: thrée dnches 
Diftance, on one third of an Inch long Footftalks, the Leaves themflves 
were about two Inches and a half long, and near two Inches over in the 
Middle, where broadetft, being oval in Shape, fmooth, the whole having one 
‘ Middle, jand fome: few very fmall Veins tuning thro? ts Surface. : Ey: lis 
foliordm, towards the Top’ rifeiinch long Strings, or'Ligule, on: which, 
towards their Tops, are many whitifh apices, or'Granidla Herbacea placa 
round it, which I believe may bea Julus, or Flower§ mot expanded. +) 
; odin igeéw: on aheSea Shore -amongfti ithe Mangroves by Ol#@oHar- 
Yo anieni:: s1g9 .1o3s V4 dary; 3! > bas b [nae ae 
RTH Manglefolij’s oblongis iazegris, Utringque molli tanugine holoferices ob- 
duis, Cate Fame pir 56. Rui bli: Vols dendps p- 115, Tab. 187. Fig. 2. 
White Mangrove of Dampier..cap. 3. Steet Pood 
This was a Tree about twenty Foot high, having’ Branches fpread! on 
every Hand, whofe Wood was ‘white and: Pieh very fmiall, having many 
Twigs, whofe. Bark was fmooth and whitifhy and the'Ends had. feveral 
Leaves {tanding round them oni very fhore,or no Fodtftalks, very thick 
fet, each being about an Inch long; and ‘half as broad,. being narrow at ithe 
Beginning and End, with fome'Ribs apparent, and all cover’d Over with 
a whitifh fhort fhining Wooll, making it look as if it were Sattin. 
Et grew at Old Harbour by the Sea Side dmongtft the Mangroves, 
“LIV. Mangle Sulifera folijs {ubrotandis: ver fws fummitateslatiffimis, toafers 
tim nafcentibus, cortice ad corin denfanda arali,' Cat, Jae, p56. Rij Hifh. 
Vol. 3. dendr. po 116, Tab, 189. Fig..3-: An Mangle alba. cortarta, folid den~ 
fiafculo fubrotundo:glabro, fructu Jorma cariophylé aromatict majored Pluk. 
phyt. Tab, 204. Fig, 4s Alm. prazy ? : | (Ne es 9 Of vty 
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°° This’ Tree rifeth thirty FooPhigh, it thas a crooked ‘Trane about one 
Foot diameter, covet’d-with a prey, rough; Batk ; the Ends of the Twigs 
are very thick befet with Leaves, having Footftalks half an Iach long ; 
they ate two Inches long and: one broad near thé further End: where 
broadeft, ending in a round Point; are fmooth, of a yellowith 
green Colour; amidft the Leaves comes’ out Juli,or two Inch long 
Footftalks, or Ligulz, fuftaining on their uppermoft Half a great many 
round whitifh fattin’d fmall Heads, or Granule Her bacea, as large-as Pin’s 
Heads, to which follow many Seeds like the Acini or Stones of Rafins, 
{ticking to each Side of the Ligulz, each being pyramidal-and corneér’d, a 
litde‘bigger that Grape Seeds. - - 
_It grew on the Banks of the Frefh River, going to the Eaguza in the 
Caymanes. PEE od IG 
“The Bark of this Tree ists’d im-tanning of Soal Leather. 
LV. Goffiprum Brafilianum flore flav: Cat.'Fam: p. 156. Xylon arboreum 
flore flavo. Tourntf-Inft. p. vox. Bowbax Indica. Grif virtd. p. 10. Goffivium 
+ Rylon frutex erio phorus Theoph.Coto & Bombax Serap. Ind. fimpli. Meff. 2 
10. Cotton, Pommet p.'237. Algddon, Cataen five Goffipinns. par? 9. Indl. end 
