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THE NATURAL HISTOR 



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The Thatch Tree. 



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The leaves of this tree are frequently ufed for thatch, and reckoned better than 

 thofe of the other forts, for that purpofe. The outfide of the trunk is ufed, infiead 

 of other boards, for the walls of out-houfes: it is very hard, and bullet-proof. 



PALMA 7. Pinnis & caudice ubique acideatijjimis, fruBu majufculo. 

 Palma totafpinofa major , &c. Slo. Cat. 177. & H. ii. 119. 

 An, Palma fruftu pruntformi luteo aleojb ejufdem. C. 175. & H. 1 13. tab. 



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The Great Mackaw Tree. * t6 ° ' 



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The fruit of this kind differs but little from that of the finall Mackaw tree:- the 

 bulks of both are full of oil, and the nut black and (Lining. The negroes fay, 

 that this is the tree which yields the true palm-oil: the outiide of the trunk is made 

 into laths, bows, and darts ; like thofe of fome of the other fpecies. 



PALMA 8. Subcincrea, foliis brevioribus pinnatis quajimodo y confer tis, infimis 



brevijfimis & in Jpinas Quafi redacts. ()t: 



Phoenix. Lin. G. & II. C 



Palma daSlylifera major vulg. Sec. Slo. Cat. 1 74. 6c H 



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This tree is now cultivated pretty much in Jamaica : the fruit is very wholefomc 



d fupplies a principal part of the fuftenance of many people j particularly in th 



(land of Socotra, where the berries are frequently ftoned and preferved. The liquor 



that runs from the over-ripe fruit, ferments and becomes vinous; and if the trunk 



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be tapped near the top, it yields a quantity of juice which ferments very freely, and 

 makes good wine. Slo. 



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PIIARUS 1. Foliis nervofs, oblongis, ohtufis, petiolis it a contortis i ut ad 



' 1 pagind folia fimper Caelum refpiciant. 

 T. 38. f. 3. 

 Gramen avenaceum fyhaticum, foliis latijimis. Slo. Cat. 



Wild Oats. 







Flores alii mafculini, alii feminini in eddem plantd. 





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Periantium. Gluma bivahis, brevis, fmplex. 



Corolla Nulla. Pill:. Nullum. 



Stam. Filament a fex brevia : antherae anguflce oblonga. 











Femina. 







Periantium. Gluma bivahis fmplex. 



Corolla. Gluma univalvis, oblonga , angufa, at ate rigida & a terg 



lima in liar exajp 





Stamina Nulla. Piflillum : Germen parvum, oblongum, intra corollam 





claufum, flylus longitadine forts, bifdus, vel trifdus; ftig. 

 mata oblonga cirrhofa. 



This plant is pretty frequent in all the woody hills of Jamaica, and reckoned a 

 hearty wholefome food for all forts of cattle. The male flowers are fmallcr than the 

 female ones, and ftands on pretty long foot-ftalks at the back of the others. 



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