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73. Malpighia crassifolia, L. — Locust-Tree. 



The locust-tree, so called, is a native of this island, and grows 

 wild in the woods, to a considerable height ; yet the trees will 

 bear fruit when only four or five feet high. 



The trunks are grey and knotty. The leaves are pretty 

 broad, smooth, and shining. The blossoms grow in a cluster, 

 are yellow, and very numerous. 



The fruit is yellow, round, and as large as a cherry ; when 

 ripe, it is soft, and tastes very agreeably. 



DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



74. Spondias myrobalanus, L. — Hog-Plum. 



This is a large tree, growing spontaneously. The trunk is 

 grey and furrowed. At certain times of the year, if chopped, 

 a clear insipid gum may be obtained, similar to gum-arabic. 



The leaves are pretty broad, and of a light green. The 

 blossoms are disposed in racemes, and are small, of a whitish 

 yellow colour, and a fragrant smell. The fruit is of a yellow 

 colour. 



The bark is astringent. 



The wild hog feeds on these, and on many other ripe fruits 

 and roots, with which our forests abound. This may account 

 for the firmness and delicacy of its flesh, which is greatly 

 preferred by the knights of the trencher to any thing in the 

 country, turtle excepted. 



75. Spondias Mombin, L. — Brasilian Plum, or Spanish Plum. 



Spanish Plum does not seem to be a native of this island, 

 as it is only found about settlements. It grows to a middle 

 size. The bark is smooth and brown ; the wood soft, and of 



