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MANCANILLA Pyri facie. Plaumier Plant. Americ. 
Juglandi affinis Arbor Fulifera, &c. Hitt. Jam. Vol. 1. p. 3. 
The Mancaneel Tree. Mancénillier. 
Trees ufually grow to a lar arge fize, qEs Arbres agvennes! pater ement fort oe 
a light coloured fmooth aan weer deur écorce eft unie, GS d’un ne claire : 
oes ok : c batained a white milky juic trouve au dens a mj laiteux z 
fonous nature: the leaves S are inoothy dangeret. sles feu tlles font lices, dentellees, un pe 
at fh 5 courtes & pointue. Giger ian Jieurs naiffent aux ex tT ea 
) mites des ee bes, & confiftent en bouquets de fleurs 
jaunes, a fort petites, placées par inter- 
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eins of fmall tufts of little yellow pappous 
offoms i 
placed at in tervals s, the len eth of a- SOAS =< alles. ee ois ant environ te oe de longueur : 
i) e inches fize of the le frat ‘toit de la méme grandes igure: il croit tout droit, 
mie Bromine eg At nd _ ed like a ag or bo a fig 5 but ep 7 plitot a’ 2 bees comme ee toit pas encore 
ripe, o n full grown, I had rtun g its [a fa jufte gra e Wai pas vt Jes femences, = 
reds, ‘which Sir Hons Sloane in in ne Nat. Hift. of Famaicos “ays, are ie hee dans sp Hifare ‘ie ta Tamaigne, dit ttre e it 
fev g thofe of a melon, and are c ned in nombre, reffemblent un f OP IGG ne dans un ie 
a ‘uni asl hard ftone, with sia fharp points on each ‘ide of it: prefque rond, trés dur, & gar utes fort aigues de chaque cété, 
The nal this Tree is clofe grained, very heavy and durable, e bois de cet Arbre a hoe pe: il eft fort péfant ares & 
puget, fhaded with dark and lighter ftreaks, for which it is ondé fort agréablement de veiges claires es qui le a 
in great efteem for tables and cabinets, and other curious works in recercr eae ies tables & fe de menutferie; mats la 
joinery ; but the virulent and dangerous properties of thefe Trees qualité aie 5 fa i int de les Sie atre, ou de 
caufes a general fear, or at leaft, caution in felling them: this] was moins pes bligé a des 5 précautions, en le faifant. . ¥ étois 
not fufficiently fatisfied of, till, affifting in the cutting down a Tree un peu ra ‘ur cet he Me “ faut a ce que jen fus convaincn par ma 
of this kind on Andros Iland, 1 paid for my incredulity ; fome of the re expérience, en voyant couper un de ces Arbres dans Pile d’ Andros 3 
milky poifonous juice {purting in my eyes, I was two days totally de- car un peu de fon fuc laitenx (S venimeux me fautant dans les yeus, je 
prived of fight, and my eyes and face much fwelled, and felt a violent us entierement mocagle pendant deux jours: 7’eus anffi les yeux & le vi- 
pricking pain the firft twenty-four hours, whi chy from that time, Sage fort es 38 pena nt oe. Hae nae | Jentis une Bick 
abated gradually with the fwelling, and went off plica-  douleur, pith afin fans ‘ang 
tion or remedy ; none in that uninha bite ed i ifland being to be h had. It ia. extérieure, “ni antcun remede 5 car I. wy en on gies 
is no wonder that the fap of this T fo virulent, when rain trouver dans cette ile inbabitée. Il n "off as furprénant oe la feve de 
or dew, ee ie nae leaves on - aed flefh, caufes blifterson cet Arbre foit fi virulente, me es la pluye, on la rofee, qui tombe de fes 
the fkin; ande effluvia e fo aes as to affect the feuilles fur un corps nud, y fait des ampoulles,; & que nome nie exha- 
Jeniee of thofe which tnd | any time underi ts fhade. Other malignant —daifons font ff eg wu ls ge es as cee qui Sarritent 
ributed to it, but Ithink with litele probabi. quelques temps fous fon On lui attribue en nauval 
liege ie 1; es 5 mais je crois q ei ‘fie beaucoup de probab ae on di, comme 
on the ae are fo inked by it, that death is often Hie ae of thofe une preuve de fa qualité pera que les animaux, qui vivent. de fon 
that feed on fuch animals: this is refuted in the inftance of Guana’s fruit, en font fi infettis, qwils ¢ a ES la mort de ceux qui les 
feeding on the Apates of eae without harm to ‘thoke whoeat  mangent, mais cela eft refute par ig ugent les 
a e fame Guena’s, p. 64. Vol. The report alfo, that the Bara- pommes ie Lege fans qwil arriv ve de mal a ceils, qui mangent 
wis las, and other fith receive their poifonous ae by feeding on —ces iguanas, p. 64. Vol. II. L?opinion que Von a, que quelques poiffens 
Siieenet Apples, this there being very few — prennent May eli venimenfe, ¢: ot neurrifjant de ces pommes, eft aufft 
of thefe Trees on thof of he Bahama Ifands\ was at, and none grow- — mal fondée ; vr ily a peu de Mancénilliers dans les iles de Bahama, o% 
ing on the fea fhore, nor within es Sas of thofe parts of the j’ai ée; un ne vient fur le rivage, ni a plufieur ‘pres de ves 
aham s, where thefe ee th are known to abound; and, endroits des mers a, om ces poifor. trouvent en quantité : 
admitting they were in he Y> the nature ae potion of the la nd ad- quand il y en auroit plufieurs, la nature la du terroir ne 
mits of no conveyance, by >, intothe fea. Thus  permettroit pas, que leurs Lae 5 fuffent pertes eo er de quelque 
it is evident, ce the fruit of thefe ice # ill not infect the flefhh ae gue ce fit. Ainfi il of evident, que le fruit ces Arbres ne 
animals, and, fuppofing they had that effect, ae quantity of the fru peut infecter la chair des animaux ; wand it es cette qualité, 
received into the > fea, would ni ot be fufficient to infect eh toufandth ilen va fi peu a la Mer, qu'il ne feroit pas capable dela communiquer 
part of the wn to =« poifonous. As 4 la millieme partie des poiffons, que lon fpait btre venimeun. Fe 
real caufe of poifo ned fith j in aH Ropers feas 1 elfe h jacherai d’expliquer dans un autre endroit ce qui rend tant de poiffons 
Tropicks, 1 thall attempt to account for it in another place. In the venimeux dans les mers de Bahama, & ailleurs entre | Tropiques : 
mean time I beg leave to refer to the above learned author, who en attendant je prie le leéeur de ee A er le fcavant auteur cité ci« 
given farther particulars relating to this remarkable Tree, in i deffus, qui, dans fon Hiftoire de la Fam it Vol. 11. p. a. Soft étendy 
Natural Hiftory of Jamaica, Vol. I. p. 4 @avantage fur cet Arbre extracrdinair 
VISCUM foliis latioribus; baccis purpureis pediculis incidentitus. 
HE leaves of this Mifleto grow by pairs; they are narrow [Ss feuilles de ce Gui creiffent par paires: elles th figen 2 
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t their beginning, and broad at their ends, fet on flender leur co mmmencement, = Nii iy leur. extremité: elles attachées 
phant ftalks, growing confufedly, after the manner of the common i des pédicules minces & 5: elles naiffent canton comme eles 
Mifleto: between every pair of leaves fhoot ae two flender ftalks du Gui oe er Dae paire de feuilles il pouce deum petites 
f about three inches long, with pairs of oblong purple-coloured ber- liges d’environ trois pouces, garnies d’une paire de ino longues 
ries, fet oppofite to each other, Thefe Pies batad are owing onmany —violettes, vis-a-vis Pune de Vautre: je wai trouvé de ces Plantes 
of the Mancaneel Tree, but did not obferve them on any other Tree. gue fur des mancénliers, 
PAPILIO mecdius, Gadetanus, ex vigro &P fulphureo varius, maculis coccineis notatus. 
ie aoe part of the body of this Fly is black, with tw E deffus du corps de ce Papillon 4 noir, SF garni de deux rangs 
s of red fpots, between which, on each fide, are e de taches rouges, qui ont fous elles autant de 8 Hissecti 
like ee of white fpots; the upper fides of the four wings are deffus des quatre ailes font différemment eo ie de jaune, de brun, 
varioufly eae with yellow, Brown, and red fpots, which laft  & de rot ae les taches de cette esi couleur font ! etre 
mpaffed with brown: the under part of the wings de brun: le deffous des ailes a des taches difrenment “dipole, 4 
re ally en 
are diferent epee ia ee wit th the fame oo except that ae a mimes couleurs, excepté que les a. ailes inférieures ont ae ne 
