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Magnolia flore alho^ folio ma] ore amminato hand all ic ante. 



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HE feminal parts oF this PI 



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and 



have fo 



La Magnolie a arandes feuilles. 



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''^T^^^^^^^diES parlies femmaUs de cet Arh 



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affinity and refemblance to the other 

 fpecies of this genus, that it is need- 

 lefs to be particular in their defcrip- 



tionsjotherwife than to obferve where- 

 in this differs from them. 



The leaves are broad, fome of them being above Les feuilles fc 



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& le 



cone 



&^ de resemblance avec les 



d'a§ 



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ce genre^ 



ie s arriter d leur defc?^ipt 



quil ejl inutile 



dijfere di 



d^ob/erver en ami celui 



five inches wide, and eight in length/ ending in a' 

 marp point. The flower is five inches wide, confift-' 

 ing of twelve white petals, in the center of which is 



the ovariuin environed by the apices, as in the other k ce?nre defquels ejV I 

 kinds. 



larges^ qiielques tines ont plus de. 



d 



longueur^ 



chtq ponces de largeur fur huit p 



&^ Jinijfent en tme point e aigue. La jleur ejl large de 

 cinq p 



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£p con-fi/le en douze petales blancs. di 



The cone, when full grown, is as big as a 



dans les autres fo 



fmall hen's egg, but a little longer, and of the like parvenu a fa pi 

 ftrudure vdth the reft of the genus. It flowers the ceuf de poule 



firft of all the kinds of Magnolia, which I think is JlruElufe que les autres du 

 in ApriU 



^e^ dnvironne de fommetSy 



s. Le coney quand il ejl 



eft aufft gros quun petit 



peu plus longy ^ de la mema 



genre 



Get Arbre 



ak 



Sp 



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f 



Tree were nrfl feiit 



me m 



the year 1736, by my worthy friend John Clay-- premiere ft 



donne fa jleur avant toutes les autres fortes de Mag-^ 

 nolies^ ceft-a-direen Avril, ft je ne me trompe, 



Des echantillons de cette Arbre mefurent^ pour la 



i07t, 



kno 



and from the on 



Tree 



in 



th 

 h 



Efq; of Firg 



m in that country. Since which, Mv. B 

 f P enfylvanta has difcovered many of them 



envoyes 



Jean Clayton, Gentil-hoinme de Virg 



736, par mon dig 



&^ dufeul 



ooes o 



pe 



provi 

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from the feeds of which I am d^ 



rbre de cette efpece^ qui fut alors €07mu darts ce pays 



iing fo 



depuisy Mr. Bartram de Peniil 

 plujieurs autres daTis cette p 



en a 



Mr. Bartram faw them fernettces defquels jai quelque efperance d'enfi 



? 



des 



growing on the north branch of Sufquehannah tre ici, Mr . B^ixtrnm les a vus fur pie fur la hrancha 



Septentrio7jale de la riviere Sufquehannah ; ^ quel 



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fome of them were above an hundred 



feet in height. The wood has a fine 



g 



and of an orange colour. The Ind, 



very 



make bowls of the wood 



ques uns avoient jufqud cent pies de haut. Le hoi 

 d^un beau grain y fort dur, &^ couleur d^ orange 

 Indiens en font des gamelks* 



Les 



Formica villofa coccinea. 



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y 



7he 



E L V E T Ant 



La Fourmi Veloutee. 



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T had fix legs, with Ihort crooked antennas. The ab*- J^LL'EaJtxjamhcs avec des anteftnes coiirtes^ courhes: Vah» 



__ domen large, with a b^ack lift crofling the lower part '^ domen, qui ejl afez gros, a une lijiere noire qui en tfaverfi 



of it, and another black fpot at the joining to the thorax; le has : ily aiine autre t ache noire a la jointure du thorax ^ (^ 



except which^ the whole body and head refembled crim- le rejie du corps avec la tete rejfemble a du velours cramoiji. L& 



fon velvet. The trunk^ or fhell of the body, is of fo ftrong tronCy ou Vecaille du corps, eji d\ine contexture Ji forte G? J% 



and hard a contexture, that being trod upon upon by men 

 or cattle, they receive no harm. They have a long fting 

 in their tails, which caufes inflammation and great pain, 

 for half an hour, to thofe who are flung by them, which 

 ufually happens to negroes, and others that go bare-footed. 

 They are moftly feen running very nimbly on fandy roads 

 in the hotteft fummer weather. They are always {zzw fin- 

 g!e. Wh 



diird, qiihomme ou bete, en marchant dejfus, nefauroit luifaire 

 de mat. Ces Fourmis ont a la queue un iguillon ajfez long, out 

 caufe a ceux qui en font picques une inflammation fur la par tie 

 av€€ une grand e doideur, pendant une demi-heure : ce qui arrive 

 affez fotivcnt aiix ncgres ou autres qui vont pies nuds. On les 

 voit courir avec beaiicoup d'agilite, principalement dans les che-^ 

 niins fablonneux, dans les plus grandes chaleurs ; mais on nen 



X they feed on, and in what manner they breed, rvoitgueresqtiunealafois. De f^avoir maintendnt de quoi elles^ 

 and where they fecure themfelves in winter, is to me un- vivent, comment elks 7nidtipUent, & oil elks fe retirent en Uiver^ 



known. 



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