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m^MM H E S E Infbds are of difl^ 



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ES InfeEies font de dtv erf es grandeurs 

 11 y e7i a qui font de huit poucei 

 d^autres quiiten ont pas plus de qua 

 tre. Le corps efdivfepar vingt a7t 

 neauXy avec quaraitte jambes^ 



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vhich lias four joints, with a fingle claw at their "efpece de'^riffeau hout^fans compter d^ 

 ^nds ; befides two members, like legs, crowing hres. uui r e(Te?n blent -d des jambes^ 



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quatre jorntures^ avec une 



befides two membe 



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growing 



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from its hindmoft part, 



From each fide of the head proceeds a pair df 



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effe?nble 



joints each. leur partie la plus pojl 



des jambes^ qui crcijfe 



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&^ qui ont chacun cind 



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fiiarp-pointed forceps, which are its poifon 



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and a pair of antennse. 



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jointures. De chaque cote da la the fort une p 

 pincettes-^ ou tenailks tres poi?2tueSy qui font fes armes 



this Infed in Jc 



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faid to be as pernicious de cet InfeEie pajfe dans la Jamaique p 



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tiiminutive fpecies of this Infed, which 

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England 



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'dfe que celle du fcorp 



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Angleterre U7te efpece beaucoup plus petite que celt 

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MlE ufual height of thefe Plants is ten or twelve feet: 

 They refemble nut-trees at a little diftance j the leaves 



A hauteur ordinaire de ces Planies ejl de dix on douze pies i 



elles rejfemblent au noifetier^ au mains a quelque dijiance t 



t)f which this likewife refembles, or rather thofe of the alder- leurs JeuiJles ont beaucoup de rapport aux fiennes, ou plutot a celles 



de Valine, Lajleur eft d'unjaune pdle^ '& conjijle en une e?2velcpe 



tree. 



The flower is pale yellow, confining of a triangular 



involucrum ; a calix divided by four fegments, from ' which triangulaire^oucalice divije par qtiatrefegmens^ d'oiijortent quatre 



It has^ ^e tales miftces^ de la longueur de deux fouces^ ou environ : elle a aujji 



quatre et amines^ & un pijtil difficile a dijcerner fans microfcope. 

 the naked eye: it flowers 2X Carolina \n October ^ continuing Cette Pla72tefleurit dans la CzxoVin^ du'mois d'OQiohxc,& continue 

 long in bloflbm, then fets its fruit for the nextfummer. The long terns d'etre en fleury aprh quoi elle pou[je fin fruit pour VEti 



proceed four flender petals, about two inches long 



alfo four flamina, and a fl:ilus, hardly to be difcerned with 



feed-veflcl confifts of a double capfula, which, when npcj 

 fplits half open, and difclofes two hard black fliining feeds, 

 having a white fpot at their bigger ends; each fide lying in 



fiiivant. Le vaiffeau feminal conjifte en une double capfule^ qui hunt 

 parvenue a maturiti^ fe jend^ & it ant d moitie ouverte^ decouvre 

 deux femences noires^ dures^ luifantes^ & qui ont une tache blanche 



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its diftin(ft cell, feparated by a thin membrane. Their feeds ^a leurs plus gros bouts : chaque pmence fe trouve couchee da7is fa 



are fometimes tricapfular. 



For this Plant I am obliged to Mr. Clayton^ who, in the year 



cellule parftculterCy feparee de V autre par une membrane : quelque^ 

 Jois ces vaifj'eaiix feminals font tricapfulatres. 



yai robligation de cette Plante d Mr. ChytoUy qui, en 1 74 J," 



1743) fent it rae in a cafe of earth from Virginia* It arrived me Pe7ivoya, dans un vafe de terre de Virginie. Elle arriva d 



in Chrfimas^ and was then in full bloflbm. 



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*/ This is a new genus of Plants, which I have like- 

 wife had an opporturaty of defcribing from the live Plant, 

 which I call Tn/i9/)z^j, on account of the triple hufk of the 



*^ fruit, fo remarkable, but not defcribed in its charafter. 



•* The inner Putamen of the nut is of a hard horny fubflance, 

 double, inclofing .each feed, opening at top, and divided 



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by a valve of the middle hufk, which is of a leathern fub- 

 Hancc, inclofing the whole hut, opening crofs-wife at top. 

 The outer hufk refembles the cup of an acorn inclofing 

 half the nut. The petals are, as it were, double at the 

 bafe ; a fmall petaliform JNeSlariumy of the length of the 

 " Periantbium. being affixed to the bafe of each petal." 



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jappelle trilobe^ d caufe du triple lobe, qui renfermef on fruity & 

 qui ejif remarquabky mais^ qui napas ete decrite dans fo7i vrai 

 cara5iere\ L'ecaille interieure de la noix eft d' une fub fiance dure 

 & corneufe, double, renferma7it chaciine fa femence, & souvrant 

 aufommet par une njahule de la goiifje du milieu^ qui eft d'unefub^ 

 fiance coriace, renfcrmant la noix entiere^ & souvrant a traveri 



fommet 

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goufte exterieure refejrMe 



a noix. Les pet ales font, 

 bdfe, un petit ne SI avium, en ft 



ife de cheque pet ale 



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