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the inner bark and wood are red, and smell something like 

 musk. The wood is soft, splits easily, and is used for wat- 

 tling houses. 



This is a shady tree ; the leaves are broad, and of a lively 

 green, and the flowers are white. The berry is brown, hard, 

 and large as a nutmeg. The seeds are red. 



Decoctions of the bark are sometimes given in gravelly 

 complaints. 



53. Coccoloba uvifeka, L. — Sea-side Grape. 



This grape-tree is of the middle size, and grows by the sea- 

 side. The trunk is grey ; the leaves broad, round, and of a 

 light green colour. The blossoms are white and pendulous. 

 The fruit is a berry of a black or purple colour, tasting sweet 

 and subacid, and having a stone in the middle, in which is 

 contained a single seed. 



The fruit is sometimes served up as a repast, and the bark 

 is reckoned an excellent astringent in watery purgings and in 

 dysenteries, after the inflammatory symptoms have been abat- 

 ed by bleeding, purges, and diluents. 



54. Rivina octandra, L — Cooper --Withe. 



Cooper-withe grows in fences, and in lands suffered to grow 

 up in weeds and bushes. The trunk and branches are woody, 

 slender, and covered with a brown coloured bark. The leaves 

 are of a light green colour. Many white fragrant blossoms 

 grow in a spike, which are followed by numerous black, 

 smooth, shining berries, of the size of currants, containing 

 many small seeds. The berries are sweet, and have a rich 

 purple juice. 



About the time of flowering may be seen many remarkable 

 excrescences, out of which grow leaves and blossoms. 



