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*65. Acer Maximum, folis trifidis vel guinguepa, Viginiamum, 
The Afh-leaved Maple. 
*66. Acer Coggems Soliis maximis fubtus argentis in lacinias profundiores & magis 
_ acuminatis divifis. 
The leaves of this maple are as large as thofe of the platanus occidentalis. 
*67. Carpipinus, Virginiana florefcens. 
The flowering Horn-beam. 
*68. Acacia Americana abrue foliis, triacanthos capfuld ovali unicum femen 
: claudente. 
The Large thorned Acacia. 
This tree bears a.fpreading head, and when full grown is of a great thicknefs: the trunk 
and bigger branches are fet with many large, long, fharp thorns, three of which ftand generally 
together. The feeds are a kind of bean, contained in a flat pod above a foot in length, and 
three inches broad, replete with a fweet pulp of a honey-like confiftence. ‘The inhabitants 
brew a palatable and wholfome liquor thereof; and it is not improbable, that the immenf 
quantities of fuch rich mellifluous j Juice to be procured from thefe trees may hereafter be made 
ufe of for many valuable purpofes. Thefe trees were unknown in Virginia till about the year 
1700, near which time fome of them were brought from the banks of the Miffifippi river 
by the Cherokee Indians, and planted in their nation, diftant from Virginia fix or feven hun- 
dred miles; from whence .they were introduced to 0 Virginia by the Indian traders of that 
country. 
The only valuable part of this tree is the fruit; the wood being good for little. In Vir- 
ginia it is called the Honey Locuft. 
It is raifed from feeds only, which fhould be brought over in their pods. 
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