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fpreading : they bear all their leaves in tuft 



fin 



to 



nd are fometimes adorned with a few 



The wood is very tough, and flexile, which 



ders it very fit for the coachmakers purpofes j where it is obferved to anfwer 



lown. The (hell of the fruit makes 



flo 



from 



better than any other fort of timber hitherto k 





ht and convenient drinking-cup, and is frequently large enough to hold a g 



Ion, 



more, of any fluid. The pulp 



by the neg 



pon occafions, but 



looked upon 



ther 



& 



eeabl 



wholefome: it is much 



fed 



way of 



P 



for which purpofe it is thought to anfwer extremely we 



The (hell of the fruit is fo thin and clofe, that it ferves to boil water, or any other 

 fluid, as well as an earthen pot ; and is obferved to bear the fire equally, on re- 



peated tryals. The thicker parts of 

 all th 



frequently ufed for button-moulds, in 



CRESCENTIA 2. Arbor efcens, foliis confertis, fruSiu fpharico minor i. 

 CRESCENTIA 3. Arbor efcens, foliis confertis, frudiu oblongo-ovato mitwri, 



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The Calabafli Trees, with fmall fruit. 



Both thefe fpecies feem to be but variations of the foregoing : they grow generally 

 to the fame fize, and of the fame form ; but the fruit is conftantly lefs, and of thofe 

 ft ated fhapes. All the parts of thefe trees are put, indifferently, to the fame ufes with 

 thofe of the other fort. :' 





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CRESCENTIA 4. Arborefcens, foliis fmgidaribus ovatis nitidis^ fruBu mi- 



nori. 



The larger Calabafli, with finele oval leaves. 



y of the other fp 



I have feen one tree of this for 

 ftraight, and is much lar 

 remarkably in every refpect. I have ft 

 fruit, which wac then pretty thick upon the 

 rafters of the clafs. 



Mr. Denis's, in St, Mary's : it gro 



pretty 



no 



P 



from which it differs very 



of the fruclificat 



befides the 



and perfectly anfwered the cha 



CRESCENTIA ? 5. Scandens, farmentis crajjioribus, foliis majoribus ovatis 



nitidis oppofitis. 



The large-leafed withey Crefcentia. 



Periantium Monophyllam, -ventricofum, truncatum, integerrimum. 

 Corolla Monopetala, campanulata, fubcompreffa, quinquecrenata, baji coar 



Bata. 



Filament a quatuor fere aqualia, tubo corolla breviora ; cum rw 



Stamina. 



di merit quint i. Anthefae cor data \ 



Piftillum. Germen quadrato-fubrotundum ; ffylus fimplex, longitudine tubi 



foris ; ftigma bilobum. 



Pericarpium. Drtipa, Jeu pothts capfula crajfa corticofa fubrotunda iiniloca- 



lariSy fed interne bifariam not at a > & pulpd bifariam lo- 



' . ...„...,. bat a, repleta. 



Semina Plurima nidulantia. 

 This weakly plant fuflains itfelf, generally, by the help of the neighbouring trees j 



or is found fpreading upon ti 





round, where it does not meet with a fupport. Its 

 ftem is moderately thick, and ftretches frequently about feven or eight feet from the 

 root. The leaves are thick, oval, and (Inning; and the fruit round, and fmooth. 

 It is found about Port Antonio ; near the Cafcade, in St Ann's*, and in many parts 



of the mountains, efpecially thofe between Sixteen-mile-walk and Luidas. 



1 CRESCENTIA? 



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