p. St 
ARBOR foliis pinnatis, nullo impari Alam claudente, nervo ad 
latus unum excurrente, fruclu angulofo magno, femine alato inftar Pinds. 
The MaHocGany TREE. 
ESE Trees grow to a great height, as 
are ufually sit ee dist the bark is 
ofa brown colour: the leaves 
g an 
flowers in their ss a ne was n 
tated to figure the beft one Ofert fin 
withered and imperfect; but by reno ae petals I 
ftinguith ue little flowers # be pentapetalou cs as ere oy 
d-veflel is thus: 
€ parts are “te, is a very hard 
e's Egg, growing erect 
5 oe As fe fruit oe ee it 
equi ee s3 eachc iitting 
an oe thick, lined within be. a thin 
embrane, which mee inclofes the feeds: t 
fends oe lipote in the m f thofe of 
ae ae 
ere it grows naturally, 
em for fhi a buling, ee properties for 
that ufe ecsti ak, an other d, viz. durablenefs, 
re abing 8 gunihot and lite =o ffs feithont fplintering. 
No earns magine, that Trees of this ma sale fhou 
and that thefe ould affor 
t is; and th 
7 8 Lr bres creiflent ae haut, & cnt es 
tatee bre 
“ile des Hs Tilak) fp 
© par tag ent la ee 
ment. a , 
Bi ee P45 eu occation de leurs 
eur perfe ao ee ee abe ee de repditer if wiitllede 
aye pit pues quot que flttri & imparfa it; mats 
iy iPaper ous gue fes prtites fle eurs étotent di cing 
comme on les vol ie rep Hashes WIN) Ge Oita rh 
ual fei a ite conttiont ee fi mence eg tres cur ee Le fruit entier, 
avant ie part Vas oe ur & unt, de i. 
gr (eat & de la ae tn un " @ oye, gl vient droit fur uné 
uetie longue de quatre ou ee ie méfure que ce fruit 
meurit, il commence a souvrir G ad fe féparer en cir parties 
doublee en Gedahs d’une peau mi qui couvre immédiatement Ia 
Jemence. Les femences fart arraigées comme celles dyn apocin 
“ i =) bik Ved 2 
elles font atlées, © attachées aes dun r& 
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Gi ae gui torme Le Wilew du cone: td Lécaille tombe, les 
em. & 
ent exDO, es at vent, ntot Penge, 3 
en font bten 
6 
oe 7 ae ie 
rt aime dans me a. @ Bahama, 
autres pays, ot 1 ee . naturelles on sen fert a batir deg 
d propre a ce a e le chéne, & que tout ey 
oe refiftance au can ons car les 
On a peine a Simaginer que e telle srandeuj 
puiffent croitre fir des rockers, os meme ee iene 
urnir une nourriture fujfilante oe faire wonter are grofir 
le tronc jufqu'a quatre piés & plus de diametré: cela eft pourtant 
vrai; & j'ai fait les obfervations fuivantes fur la proauétion & 
Paccroiffement de cet Arbre: les Semences, étant ail 5, font dif= 
perfees fur la furface de la terre: quelques unes tombent dans les 
entes des rocbers, & y prennent racine; & fi les fibres trouvent de 
la refiftance d caufe dela dureté des rochers, ils mpent fur 
‘Yfurface, & cheat une atire fente dans laquelle ils entrent, & 
deviennent fi gro i forts, que le rocher G cé de Souv ir; 
2 Gut racines 6 puiffint f dae er 2. ee Ces Arbres 
ge 5 cpars urriture en 
‘annees, 
1 Les frurs. 
2 Un céne, tt commence a Souvt 
3 Un cine ouvert, cit paroit fa di ston itch des femences ailéess 
4 eo fal fom Ce 
Ga e de si coal di cone. 
6 Le me d’ es femences, 
7 Une plante de Chi cr -ifant ‘furl Arbre, 
4 7{cum Solis longioribus baccis rubris, 
ee 
creafes t upendious fize in a few years, it being a quic 
grower. 
1 The flow 
2 A cone an tine open 
3 Acone ae with its winged feeds as they lie in it. 
4. A fingle feed. 
§ One of the parts of the fhell ofthe cone; 
6 The core to we 1 the feeds ha 
7 A plant of N n the . Mahogany:trée: 
HIS Mifleto had long, fmooth, fhining, green leaves, growing 
by pairs; the ber rries were round, red, oe fomewhat fma le 
than thofe of the common Mifleto. They grow in clufters, to ftalks 
of above an inch mo os fhoot forth by pairs, from between the 
jinn gs of the lea saa talk. They grow to Mahogany and other 
Trees of the Bahotne “Man 
VOL Ik 
f ET 1 E Plante a des feuilles longues, usies, d’un verd luifant, git 
“ creijfent par paires: Jes bayes font rondes, rouges, SF un pe 
ise que celles dugui commun: elles croiffent en Ps napes a he gus at 
ongueur Pun peu u plus d'un Flees que ne re: leg 
cif ae ee a deur tige, croit fu 
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