nuts are ufed by the Indians for the lame purpofe as morris- 

 bells were formerly, and in fome few places {till are, applied 

 in this country ; a number of them, being ftrung together and 

 fattened on a kind of bracelet, are thus tied round their arms 

 and legs, both for the fake of ornament and of found in dancing. 

 Calyx divided half-way in five fegments acute and reflected. 

 Tube of corolla nearly ftraight, dilated at the upper part but 

 clofed at the mouth, where it is marked with five deep fur- 

 rows : Limb divided into five oval fegments, oblique or twifted, 

 with undulated margins. Anthers five, on very (hort filaments, 

 enclofed in the upper inflated part of the tube. Style the 

 length of the tube : Stigma bifid, top-fhaped, furrounded at 

 the bafe by a circle of greenifli glands, whence apparently 

 diftils a honey, with which, in the fpecimen we examined, the 

 whole tube was filled; it was colourlefs, very fweet and per- 

 fectly free from any naufeous or acrid tafte, notwithftanding 

 the poifonous quality of the other juices of the plant. 



Cerbera Ihcvetia and our tree appear to be congeners; 

 but Gartner oblerves that Cerbera Manghas will by no 

 means unite in the fame genus. 



In natural order, Jussieu agrees with Linnjeus in aflign- 

 ing it a ftation with the apocinea: (contort*?, Lin.) but thus fe- 

 parates it in his fy Mem from Gardenia and Hillia; with 

 which, particularly the latter, it feems to us to have con* 

 fiderable affinity in the flower and habit, though not in the 

 fruit. Propagated by cuttings or from imported feeds, as 

 it never produces any with us. Cultivated by Miller in 

 1739. Our drawing was taken at Mr. Woodford's in May 

 1801. } 



