SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 8o 



Unknown Tree. This Tree is now standing among the Natchez. The Savages 

 preserved it and held it in great Veneration, taking from it some branches or 

 twigs to cast into the Sacred fire which they maintained perpetually in their 

 Temple which was Iniilt near the said Tree. The French burned and destroyed 

 this Temple in February 1730. According to the report of the most ancient 

 of this Colony this Tree is the unique and only one in this Province. A. Branch 

 covered with these Leaves of the natural size and Color. B. Flower of pale 

 White color. C. The starting point of the leaf, a scar remains when the leaf 

 falls, which forms a Bud and it may be seen how many leaves it produced. 



The Tree is always Green. 



Sketched from nature at the village of Valleur the 13 of May later Redrawn 



at New Orleans the 22 June 1732. DeBatz. 



25 feet high. 



