38. Anotta fructu lutefcénte, levi, fcrotuim arietis referente. 
The trunks of thefe trees are feldom bigger than the {mall of a man’s leg, and are about 
- ten or twelve feet high, having a fmooth, greenifh, brown bark. In March, when the leaves 
begin to fprout, its bloffoms appear ; confifting of fix greenifh, white, purple petals: the fruit 
erows in clufters, three and fometimes four together; they are at firft green, but whieni tipe, 
yellow, and aie covered with a thin, {mooth fkin, which contains a yellow pulp of a fweet, 
lufcious tafte; in the middle of which lay iti two tows twelve feeds, divided by as many thin 
membranes. All parts of the tree have a rank, if not a fetid fmell ; nor is the fruit relifhed but 
| by very few, except negroés. Thefe trees grow ufually in low fhady fwamps, and i in a very fat 
foil. A full-grown fruit is about the ‘fize of a large cucumber. It produces its bloffoms an- 
nually ini the phen of his Giace the Duke of Arcyii. 
39. Frutex Ela oblongis acuminatis, floribus {picatis unover fu di Upafe itis. 
The Sorrel-tree. 
The trunk of this tree is ufually five or fix inches thick, and rifes to the height of about 
twenty feet; having {lender branches clofe-fet with leaves fhaped like thofe of the pear-tree 
from the ends of the branches proceed little white monopetalous flowers, refembling thofe of 
. the Arbutus, thick-fet on fhort foot-ftalks that grow on one fide of many flender ftalks, which 
hang down from one fide only of the main branch. — 
40. Pfeudo-acacia hifpida floribus rofeis. 
The Acacia with rofe-coloured flowers. 
The flowers and leaves of this tree differ but little in fhape from the p/ewdo-acacia flore albo ; 
but the ftalks and larger branches are thick-fet with prickly hairs and with fharp fpines placed | 
alternately: the flowers are of a light rofe-colour, which, added to the bright verdure of the 
leaves, renders it fo beautiful that few trees make a more elegant : appearance. 
This rare tree has lately been procured by Sir Joun Coxtitron, Bart. from his plantation at 
- Carolina, and flourifhes annually in his gardens at Exmouth in Devonthire. 
G : 41. Myrtus 
