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the virtues of this pJ 



duced to make ufe of Burman's appell 



ch I think mould be the principal fource ft 



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the names of vegetables ought to be derived, when they are remarkably noted for any 



Caudice fmplici quandoque brachiato, fronde comofc 



COMOCLADIA 



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pinnatd ; fori bus confer ti s fefilibus 



alaribus 



Prunus Racemofa, caudice non ramofo, &c. Slo. Cat. 184. & Hift. 



t. 131, Sc 222. 



% The Maiden Plumb-tree. 



This tree feldom grows to any confiderable thicknefs ; it is frequent in the low 

 lands, and rifes by a fimple, or fimply divided ilender ftalk to the height of twelve 

 or fixteen feet, and is furniftied with many oval pinnated leaves about the top ; thefe 



are pretty large and hang regularly on the fides of long proportioned ribs, from 



whofe alas fpring fo many, or more, ilender branched fpikes, on which the flowers 

 grow in groops at diftant intervals. The botanic characters of this plant have not 

 been yet known, for which reafon I have inferted them here at length. 



Periantium. Monophyllum parvum, ad bafem fere tripartitum, laciniis paten- 



tibus. 



Corolla. Monopetala, tripartita patens, laciniis ovatis fere equalibus incifuris 



calicis oppofitis. 





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Stamina FiJamenta tria equalia breviora, ex incifuris forts orta, anther & 



fubrotnnda : 

 Piftillum. Germen ovatum minimum, umbilico carnofo cinBum ; fly his mdlus, 



jligma obtiifnm. 



Pericarpium. Bacca oblonga fubarcuata fucculenta. 



Semen. Nucleus oblongus bilobus, nauco proprio perdurato tecJus. 



This tree is propagated both by the joint and feed ; the fruit is eatable, though 

 not inviting, and the wood hard, of a fine grain and reddim colour. The whole 

 plant grows fo like the Spathe in form, difpofition and foliage, that they are gene- 

 rally confounded under the fame name, and diftinguifhed with difficulty when out 

 of bloom ; nor could I be yet certain which is the true timber-tree ; but one of 

 them certainly is one of the hardeft woods and of the fineft grain of any in America ; it 

 is however, only fit for fmall pieces of workmanfhip, being feldom above three or 



four inches in diameter. a * ^ T tit 



It is remarkable that in this, and fome other American plants, where a flefliy um- 

 bilicus furrounds the germen, the pulp of the fucceeding berry is not formed by 

 the calix, but by the fwelling navel of the flower : this is the cafe in the green-heart 

 plumbs, &c. 



MELOTRIA 



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Scan dens, foliis obtuse tri angular ibus fubcrenatis, frnSlu 

 ' glabra. , 



Melotria L. Gen. H. C, & Sp. PI. 



Cucumis Minima frucJu ovali nigrolevi. Slo. Cat. 103. Sc H. t. 142 



The fmall Melotria with black fmooth berries. 



This plant is nearly allied to the cucumber tribe, from which it is diftinguifhed 



only by its hermaphrodite flowe 

 nerally found creeping or climbing 

 ftalk and fmall black oval berries. 



common enough in the 



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fionally. It is remarkable for its fiend 



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