P- 94 
CERASUS latiore folio; fruclu racemofo purpureo majore. 
PicHhen Pi.u Mm 
ZI% HIS is a large Tree,- with a 
{mooth light coloured bark ; 
the leaves are about the fize 
of thofe of a pear, but more 
The 
Sales and grows in bunches like 
and of a purple 
Gigi is 
currants, but larger, 
colour, wand fingle {tone in the middle. 
In December the fruit is ripe, and is the 
food of Pigeons, and many wild animals: 
it is a pleafant tafted fruit ; the wood is 
hard and durable. It grows on rocks, on 
many of the Bahama Ilands. 
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E RUCA maxima cornuta. 
The great horned CATERPILLAR. 
HIS Caterpillar is about four inches long, 
befides the head and tail; it confifts of ten 
the rings arife fhort jagged black hae one ftand- 
back, and two on Each fide, below 
ach fide: ivcetvite 
the horn of the back of the laft its is longeft: the 
the tail is of a bright bay colour, It hath 
eight feet, and fix papilla, 
ET Arbre eft fort grand: fon 
écorce eft unie, &S dune cou- 
leur claire: es feuilles font &@ 
z q bee pres de la grandeur de celles 
: du poirier, mais plus arrondies 
a Dears extremités: fon fruit eff rond, 
croit en grapes comme les petites grils 
mais il eft plus gros &P violet, & n'a quun 
feu pépin dans le milieu: il meurit iss ‘De. 
cembre, &? /ert de nourriture aux pigeons, &S 
@ plufieurs animaux fauvages: il eft de bon 
gout: le bois de cet Arbre eft dur, FP ne fe 
corrompt pas atfément: il croit fur des 
rochers dans plufieurs des iles de Bahama. 
Hift. Jam. Vol. If. p. 220. 
Grande Chenille 4 cornes. 
{" ETTE Chenille a longue d environ quatre 
pouces, cutre la téte & la queue: fon corps ef 
compofe de dix anneaux jaunes : de téte f noire, &F 
porte quatre paires de cornes, unie d'un brun 
rougedtre vers le bas, . de aha ou barbues, & 
il du dernier anneau fp is plus longue de 
tout ze ] 
