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HIPPOMANE i. Arboreum la&efc 



foribus fp 



ramulis ternatis, petiolis glanduld 



mixtts. 



L. Sp. PI. & H. C 



Hippomane foliis ova t is fen 



Jugiandis affinis arbor Juli/era laclef 



H. ii. p. 3. tab. 159. and the Mangencel of Cat. ii. t. 95 



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Slo. Cat. 129. & 



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Arbor 



t. 30. 

 Mart. 105 



The Mangeneel Tree. 



Flores alii mafculini, alii feminini, in iifdem fpicis. 



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Per fpicam, e finu fingula fquamce decidual binifque glandulis in/lruc7a? t 

 , confer tim emergunt caliculi feu capfulce membranacece, cyathyformes, 



ff/iles, fere Integra. , 



Corolla Nulla. 



Stamina. E centro ftnguli caliculi, furgit ft amen unicum, 



duplo longius-, antheris quatuor Jubrctundis i 



njlruclu 



ereclutn, calice 

 1 orb em p otitis, 



Femina. 



FrucJifcatio tantum unica vel altera, ad bajim fwgulce /pica pofita e/l } £? 

 fie fe habet. 



Periantiutn } Inter glandulas binas erigitur calix triphyllus parvus, germen 



involvens, tandem deciduus. 

 Corolla Nulla. Stam. Nulla. 



Piiiillum. Germen ovatum, calice fere tedium -, ftylus brevis ; ftigma con- 



cavo-campanulaium, limbo in j'ex vel plures lacimas angu- 

 flas, pojl glandularum delapfum refeclentes, divij'um. 

 Pericarpium. Drupa estate baccata, fpharica; nauco ligneo, rugofo, in 



g cequali, Jex inter &f duodecim loculamentis varie 



rt/erto, donata. 



Semina. Nuclei folitarii tot quot funt loculamenta\ fed ut plurimum abor- 



tiunt nonnulli, numero incerti ; & obfohfeunt loculamenta. 



This tree is very common in moll parts of America. It grows generally by the 

 fea-iide, at fome fmall diftance from the furf; and h full of an acrid milky juice, 

 which is apt to blifter and inflame the fkin : nay, the dew or rain-drops that fall 

 from the leaves, is faid to do the fame. The wood is often of a fine grain, and very 

 beautifully clouded ; but, to guard againft its corrofive juices, the wood-cutters are 

 obliged to make a fire round the body of every tree, fome time before they can ven- 



ture to fell them. I have known many people who have ignorantly eat of the fruit 

 of this tree, which they had taken for crab-apples: they generally vomited in a ihort 

 lime, and continued to complain of a burning heat in the mouth, throat, and ito- 

 niach, for many hours after. The juice of the buds of the white cedar is eftecmed 



an antidote to this.poifon, and is generally ufed with fome fnccefs on thefe occafionsj 



but oily mixtures and emulfions, are the moft effectual affiftants, and fcldom fail 

 giving relief foon. I have not known any to die by this poifon, tho' I have ken 



fome who have cat nine or ten of the apples at a time. It is with the juice of this 

 tree the Indians ufed to poifon their arrows. 



HIPPOMANE 2. Arboreum, ramulis irregulariter ternatis, foliis ccrJatc- 



crenatis refexis, petiolis biglandulis. 



Hura. L- Sp. PI. & H. C. 



Barucc fruclus e plurimis nuc'ihus arboris hura J.B. Slo. Cat. 214. 

 Et Hill. ii. 186. &Ehret. t. xn. 



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