p. 9 
A 
PROUNUVS wmariima racemofa, folio rotundo glabros fruch 
muinore purpureo. 
"Lhe MANGROVE GRaPE-TREE. 
HE trunk of thefe Trees are fre- 
: » quently two feet thick, and feldom 
 afpire above the height of twenty or 
twenty-five feet; he: bark«is {mooth, 
and of a brown colour; the leaves 
eANeneeS are ‘fet alternately, they are thick, 
‘broad, and almoft round ; and are eight, and Sine 
ten inches diameter; their ae ris are ‘large, 
e {maller veins: 
of the nee oe ftalks are 
‘furrounded with a thin purple fkin, membran 
an inch in width. The flower fats 3 are ulually 
ten inches long, thick, fucculent, and fpongy, and 
rife at the pedicles of the leaves, ufually ‘ftanding 
pear-fhaped fruit, about the bignefs of ae 
vefembling them alfo in the confiftence of their 
xin; but are of a purple-colour, 
anclofing a roundi ell, thinner than that 
a filberd, and pointed at one end, within which 
dies the kernel, of a fingular ane pretty form, 
being flat at one end, and conic at the other 
divided by three deep furrows. 
refrefhing agreeable tafte, and is ieee 4 
wholefome; but if the fone be kept long in the 
mouth, it is violently aftringent: I never faw 
north or fouth of them. 
flower-ftalk, when the fruit approaches to ripenefs, 
is fhrunk, ane much lefs than when the blofloms 
were on it. 
Dampier {ays, the wood of this Tree makes a 
ftrong fe therefore ufed by the privateers to harden 
Pie ficcls. of thew guns, when faulty. 
PHALA NA Caroliniana, minor; faulva, maculis nigris alba tinea, 
Hilt. Jam. Vol. IL. p. 129. 
Leur écorce eff u: < 
ee i Jont hes 
ug ai , & prefque ron 
elles ont ote ee ee ts bie de oe : 
Ja-chte milieu eft groffe & violette, comee les 
petites veines. Au deffous des “pelea des feuilles, 
I fue a ces fer ue re en 
omme des cerifes eee 
= ae a 
B fe rt Olrins 
gent. Fen ai jamais vi de ces Arbres que proche de 
la Mer: il yen a un grand nombre dans plufieurs des 
iles de Bahama, & dans plufieurs autres pays entre 
us is ia 3 mais on wen tr ee point a 
ua Lord, “a Sud. d le fruit commence a 
a la - ais fleurs Je sae diminue, & devient 
beaucoup plus petite, que lors qu'elle étoit couverte de 
mnateurs 
JF iad 
5 "en fervent ‘ide tramper TV acier ee ak fufi Is, quand 
il weft pas b 
pulchré afperfis. 
az. Nat. Tab. IIT, Fig. 2. 
HI oS Bn has a dufky ae cep with a few black 
{pot e head: the t er wings are yellow ; 
each of which is ero by fix whit Tins fpotted with black ; 
the two er wings are red, eir lower parts verged 
with fark. rele Mot! hs are ond in Carolina, 
Papillon de Nuit. 
oy corps de ce Papillon eft d'un blanc agai avec un petit 
nombre de taches noires 
Ls font rouges : 
sf bas en eff bo rdé 
On trouve ces Papillons & la Carolin 
de noir. 
