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of the general peli()i(': llic leatiels linear and alinosl capillary: there 

 are no prickles on the pclioles or jK-dunclcs, but a gland above ihe 

 base of (he petioles: the tiowers white, polygamous, in a vast dilTused 

 terminating panicle, of very many small globular heads, Jt is a 

 native of the Jvist indies. 



The bark is there converted into a sort of tow, which is used for 

 slopping cracks bolh in houses and boats. 



'J'iie twcnly-lhird sort has I he dowers many-slamened, sessile: 

 the leaves arc like those t)f the Walnut; and the flowers are purple. 

 It is a native ot South America. 



The twenty-fourth has also purj)le flowers, and is a native of 

 South America. 



'i'he twenty-fifth is a tree Avilh rigid branches, that are flcxuose 

 from bud to bud; under each bud is a pair of hori;^onial, whitish, 

 stipular thorns, the length of the leaves: the leaves are j)eliolcd5 

 conjugate, or one-paired, with pinnate, six-paired leaflets: the com- 

 mon petiole terminated above by a gland, beneath by a prickle: the 

 leaflets oblong-linear, blunt, at e(iual distances, the lowest smaller: 

 the legume oval, a hand in length and half as much in breadth, com- 

 pressed, with large scattered seeds. It is a native of the Cape. 



The twenty-sixth climbs to the tops of the tallest trees, to the 

 height of one hundred and fifty feet, frequently overspreading manj' 

 of the neighbouring branches, and forming large arbours: the v.iths 

 are slender, but tough and flexile, siriated, stiff, and smooth: com- 

 mon |)etioles long, opposite, thickened at the base, round, very 

 smooth, terminating in a tendril, by which the branches are sup- 

 ported: the pinnas four-paired, petioled, oblong, blunt at top, emar- 

 ginate, nerved, smooth on bolh sides, shining: the glands none: the 

 tendril long, upriglit, bifid at the end: the spikes axillary, erect, 

 very long, many-flowered: the flowers approximating, subsessile, 

 small: most of them are abortive; and according to J3rowne, the 

 female plants throw out their flowers separate, and are succeeded by 

 so many pods. It js a native of both Indies, and in the West 

 Indies is called Cocoon. 



The twenty-seventh species is in height three or four feet: the 



