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extremities of the branches ; but as the Germen grows larger, they fade and turn of 

 dark or dirty brown colour, and continue up 



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until the 



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which feldom grows to a perfect ftate, falls off. The difpofition of the cup and 

 ftile fhew this to be very nearly allied to the clammy cherry and Cordia-, but as we are 

 now acquainted with two diftinft fpecies of this laft fort, that have each fix Stamina 

 conftantly, and as I have never been able to obferve above one lodg 

 the Germen s of the Collococcus, I have feparated them, according 



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rules 



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fyftem I now follow 

 gently ftriped 



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wood of this tree is of a dark brown 



of th 



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gh and elaftic, of a fine grain, and eafily worked 



CHRYSOPHYLLUM 



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Fruftu majcri globo/b, foliis fubius fcrugineis. 



Tab. 14. f. 2. 

 Chryfophyllum L. Gen. Sp. P. & H. CI. 



Anona. Foliis fubtus ferugineis fruBu rotundo, & Slo. Cat. 206. H. t. 219. 

 Anona. Fruclu rubicwido, &c. Muf. & Thez. Zcy. 



' The Star Apple-tree. 



Pericarpium. Pentaphyllum foliolis minoribus cochlcatis ovatis. 



Corolla. Monopetala campanulata in quinque lacinias ovatas ereBo-patentes ad 



medietatem feci a. 

 Stamina. Filament a quinque brevijjima ab imd laciniarum corolla fapra faucem 



orta y antherae cordata connivenies. 

 Piftillum. Germen fubrotundum decemlocu/are, ftilus nullus vel breviffimus, ftigma 





obtufiufculum radiatum 

 Pericarpium . Bacca g lobofa fucc ulenta decemlocularis. 

 ■ Semina. Qvata compreffa nitentia, ad alteram marginem rugofa & cicalriculd 



quafi obdubla. 



CHRYSOPHYLLUM 2. FruBu minor i glabro, foliis fubtus ferugineis. 



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The Damfon Plumb. 



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The laft of thefe plants is found wild in many parts of J 



but leldom 



grows to any 



fiderable lize 



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ther 



is 



Itivated all over the 



and 



fpreads much 



with very little care ; it rifes commonly to a confiderable iize 



ountry 



growth, but its branches, like thofe of the 



fort 



and 



very 



{lender and flexile, and hang down whenever they are charged with fruit. This, 

 like the Achras (to whom both the fruit, feeds, and other particulars, feem to fhew 

 k very nearly allied) is full of milk, and the fruit retains it even in the moil perfect 

 ftate % but tho' this juice be rough and aftringent in the bark, and other parts of the 



and even in the fruit before it ripens ; yet when it grows to full perfection, 



it becomes fweet and gela 



with 



an 



greeable clamminefs 



an 



a i 



is 



very 



j this fruit (a little before it is perfectly ripe) being 



mixed with a fmall quantity of orange juice, (or eating both fruit at a time,) binds the 



body more than any thing I have ever known, and doubtlefs would make a very 

 powerful remedy on many occafions ; but I doubt if the action of the fire would 

 not take off a great deal of the native roughnefs of the juice, in cafe it had been in- 



^iffated by that means 

 I doubt if this ou 



ght 



be feparated from the Ach 



on 



any 



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the characters of the flower differ in many refpects ; the Germen has ten diftinct 

 lodges, but moll of the feeds abort, and when the fruit is ripe, it feldom contains 

 above four or five. 



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