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The Sand-Box Tree. 



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Flores alii mafculini, alii feminini, in eddem plant a. 







Mas. 



Ex eadem arboris parte 



r. tuberculat 



ifidit fios femineus, fur git {pica fimplex, fc 



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valida, t 

 na Singula? 



lida 



tuberculis vero. 



prorumpunt 



dem 



b 



dupl 



vel quadruplici fe 



therarum verfus Jummitatem, in orbem pofi 

 & apicibus nudis decemcrenatis terminata. 



& 



Femina. 





Ad divaricationes ramorum fuperiorum, pedunculis validis fol 



bunt totidem 

 Periantia Parva, fubrotunda y truncata, integerrima. 

 Corolla Nulla. Stam. Nulla. 



Piflillum. Germen conicum canaliculatum calice fere tectum -, ftylus longtts 



f"P 



pi 



concavus, infundibulifc 



Pericarp 



Stigma. Limbus tubi incrajfatus amplus ref exits terdecim 

 dentatus, Jligmatis vicem fupplet. 



Drupa orbiculata deprej/a t utrinque umbilicata t fulcis ter 



decim longitudinalibus notata: naucus ligneus terdecimlo 



cularis, fulcatus, loculamentis in orbem fit 



oblong 



compreffn Jemilunatis bivalvibus; valvis adnatis ) vi elajt 

 decedentibus. 



Semina. Nuclei folitarii orbiculati comprejji. 



The formation and parts of this tree agree fo well, in general, with thofe of the 

 Mangened, that I was induced to look upon them as two diftincl: fpecies of the fame 

 genus. The branches are divided alike in both ; and the leaves which ftand in the fame 

 •manner, reflecting a little backwards from the direction of the foot-ftalks, are difpofed 



pretty thick at the extremities of the branches, and fuftained by foot-ftalks, that have, 

 in this, one gland each; in that, two. This is full of a thick tranfparent juice; that 



of milk ; both acrid : and the flowers, notwithflanding they differ in fome degree ; 

 agree in the formation of iht ftyle and Jligma, as well as in the di -pofition of the 

 i — t j.y t j ie numD er of thefe be not the fame in both. 



anther a y 



In this, the fruit is 



regularly divided into cells ; in that, whofe nut or fhell is harder, thefe are not fo 

 regular; yet they are longitudinal, adjoining, in a number proportioned to the di- 



viiions of the fiigma, and generally both regular and many in the younger germens-, 



but feme of them abort, as the fruit increafes. 



The feeds of the Sand- box tree, roafted, purge both upwards and downwards. 



Hem. 1 have tafted one of them, and it appeared, at firil, to be both mild and 

 pleafant; but it foon began to warm and fcald both my palate and throat, which indu- 



as an improper purgative; unlefs it be given to raife 



ces me 



to look upon it 



e a, 



warmth in the bowels, where they have loft moft of their vigour by a continued 

 flux, or diarrhoea ; and, even then, I think the feeds of the argemone a much more 

 eligible medicine. The fruit is very curious, as well as the parts of generation : and 



the tree, when it grows well, is very fpreading and (hady* which induces many 

 people to raife it in their gardens. 



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