Pegs 
CARYOPHYLLUS fpurius inodorus, Florio fibrotundo 
{cabro, ees aan ea coccineo pei 1120. 
ft. Jam. Voldl. p. 20.-T. 1 
ROLES HESE fhrubby Trees grow i 
Sn eight to twelve fect in height, and ae y puis 
are ufually four or five inehes thick, | yey ordinairement quatre ou cing pouces de 
with a yellowith brown . bark; the Gp diametre: leur écorce eff d'un brun 
leaves are placed alternately: the Gee RS See jaundtre. Les feuilles font alternes, 
FQGAAD Ww ae 
ES efpeces:d’ Arbrifféaux s clecent dew : 
uit jufgu'a douze pies, & ont 
OD Soy 
: WSIS are a dark green colour, and d'un verd obfcur, fort rides, & taillées en cur. 
very vg ‘fhaped like an heart. The flowers grow  Plufieurs des fleurs naiffent enfemble : elles font 
man then m together; they. are red, tubu sles. rouges, tubuleufes, souvrent a leurs extrémites, @ 
{pre me open at the top, and divided into fix fe divifent en fix fetions: toute la fleur eff placée 
{e€tions, the whole ftanding in a yellowifh brown dans un calice d’un brun jaundtre. Le fruit eff de 
calix, The fruit is in fize and form of a pigeon’s la forme & de la grofeur d'un rae A Fase 7 
egg, covered with a pale green {mooth fkin. The 6 couvert d'une peau unie d'un ver : fa chair 
fleth is of the confiftence of an apple,.and,.when | of de la méme conf iftence que celle ios a a 3 e 
ripe, fmells very much like it: in the middle lies a lors qu'elle off mir, elle a beaucoup de fon odeur + 
large ftone, in form of a pear, and refembles a dry elle renferme un gros noyau fait en poire, qui 
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tulip-root. The is of a very dark brown reffemble a une racine feche de tulipe. . Le bois oft 
colour, approaching to black, very ponderous, and d'un brun fort obfcur, prefque noir, tres péfant, 
contains much gum, in fmell and appearance refem- & fort gommeux : fle 0 ur, a — 
bling aloes; and is by the inhabitants of the Bahama rence il reffemble a 1’ Aloes: les habitans des iles de 
Lflands (where it grows) called Lignum aloes. |, Bahama, ow il croit, l’appellent bois d’ Aloes. 
CONVOLVULUVS minor Pentaphylos, fore purpureo minore. 
HIS Concntouls i is alway ae trailing upon Trees and: Oi, trouve toujours ce Piers trainant fur les arbres & fur 
as I f 
8; o fuch elegant Plants in their arbrifeaux ; & comme fai trouvé ces deux belles oie 
natural omer es, ae neaiat oe to es a here in” sen rent natur’ weneae fa crit gil feroit mieux de les 
t very appearance, than to divorce the lea oe are. _fenter dans cette attitude que de les oo uilles ae en 
digitated; the flowers aré rather tubulous than ‘bah “tha he main ouverte: les fleurs font plutét tubuleufes quen cloche: le 
utfide of them are light green, pea fide ae a ‘te debors of aun wh clair, & le dedans violet : leur. rebords fon t 
a reflected back, and divided into fix fe@tions. They ¢ retournés en debors, & divifés en fix fections. ~ Cette Plante croit 
rocks on many of the Bahama Hen Jur les rochers ae Hie des tles de Bahama ae 
PHA LE NA ingens, Caroliniana, Oculata 2 Luteo fufca, lineis dilute 
purpureis infiguata, 
The Great Moru. Papillon de nuit, le plus grand de la Caroline. 
HIS Moth hath a ae deaes body, ea en fix Be Papillon a le corps gros, velu, & entouré de fix anneaux 
brown rings; the ne are feathered: the ground bruns : ae antennes font pluma cées; © le fond du derriere de 
colour of the backfide of ea it ings is of a ef ith es des paires d’ailes eff d’un jaune rouged nargues 
vellow colour, with the following marks; in the middl ee milieu de chacune des ailes Gia: il : aun 
he upper wings is or tranfparent fpot il ovale, ou une téch ae bordée 2 
bordered with black; and at the further corner he fame  extérieur de la méme paire d’ailes, il y a fur iene oe, oe 
pair of wings, are in each two {mall black fpots; a purple and = taches noires: une ligne violette, blanche, & angulaire traverfe 
hite angular line croffes each of thefe wings near the fhoulders; chaque aile proche des épaules; ne autre ligne violette les 
another pur ne croffes each of thefe wings towards th traverfe vers le bas: les ailes inférieures font auffi ornées de deu. 
b . The lower part of the wings are adorned alfo with — tdches tranfparentes ou yeux, entourés de bords noirs, bleus, & 
two tranfparent {pots or eyes, encompafied with black, blue,  jaunes; une raye noire & large, jointe a une autre violetie, tra- 
and yellow borders. A broad black lift, joined to another of verfe ces ailes vers le bas, 
purple, croffes thefe wings toward the bottom. 
