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GUAIACUM OFFICINALE. 
OFFICINAL GUAIACUM. 
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Guaiacum, fol 
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impetiolatis, bijugatis, 
Millers 
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leniter radiatis ; pinnis & ramulis dichotomis. Browne s Ji 
Lignum Vitas, or Guaiacum. Hughes's Barhadoe. 
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Guaiacum Americanum primum, frudu aceris, 
Brejfh Prodr, i. 31. Pruno vel Euonymo affinis arbor, fol 
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gitimum 
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b 
fubrotundo 
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pentap 
casruleo 
mofo, frudu 
aceris cordato, 
majufculum nig 
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cortex luteus corrugatus, femen unicum 
ofTieulo ledum operit. SL 
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2^'}^, ^ Cat, P. Yarn. 186. Guaiacum flore casruleo. frudu 
fubrotundo. Plum, Nov. G 
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Guaiacum 
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matr 
Bauh. Pin, 448. Lignum fandum. Lignum Indicum, et Palug 
fandus, ^orundam,. 
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Clafs Decandria 
Monogynla. L. Gen. PL 
518 
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EJf, Gen, Ch. Cat 5-fidus ina^qualis. Petalq 5, calycl inferta 
Cap. 
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G, foliolis bijugis obtulis 
THE Guaiacum tree grows to the BeigHt of forty feet, and to 
the circumference of four or five, fending forth feveral large dividing: 
and fubdmdmg knotted branches: the bark of the trunk is of a 
dark grey colour, variegated v^ith greenilh or purplilh fpecks, but of 
branches it is uniformly afh-coloured, ftriated, and marked with 
fiflures 
the roots 
, very thick in proportion to the lize of the 
tree, ^and run a great way into.the ground, in a perpendicular direc 
tion: 
the leaves are pinnated, confifting of two, three, and fometimes 
four ^ir of pmnae, with veryihort footftalks, fmooth, ihining, veined. 
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