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or with a slight tinge of yellow. The bark and fruit, on incision, gives ont a milky sap; that of the fruit, 

 aromatic, but not agreeable to the taste. Although found spontaneous and abundant on- the immediate borders 

 of Red River, I cannot learu that any Individual has ever seen or tasted its ripe fruit. These, accordmg to the 

 report of Major Long (v. his Narrative, 2. p. 158.); are quite as large as those of the Shaddock Tree, yellow, and 

 very beautiful to the eye, but in his o|>inion always unpleasant to the taste. As to their bemg jmceless, (an 

 assertion made by this Narrator), the very name of Osage Orange, independent of my own testmtony, ought to 



have qualified the contradiction. 



" From two or three of the fruit which I described, as seen growing in Mr. Choteau's garden at St. Louis, 

 in 1810, I expressed about half a pint of a milky sweetish fluid, which, unhke most lactescent saps, quickly 

 separated into a clear liquid and a subsiding feculent matter, almost appearing like the action of coagulation 

 in milk. I mention this fact, merely to show that the fruit is not hard and dry, as stated by Mr. James. Indeed 

 from all I can yet learn, the state of the ripe fruit is entirely unknown. 



" The wood is so completely like that of the Fustlck (Morns Tinctoria) that it would be difficult to tell 

 them apart J it is equally useful as a yellow die, and its strength recommends it to the natives for bows. 



"North of Red River T have never seen it, except in one locality 12 miles south of Fort Smith on the 



Arkansa." 



EXPLANATION OF TAB. 12. 



A. A. Branches. 



B. Portion of a Branch with the Female Catkin. 



C Male Flowers. 



D. D. Male Flowers, separate- 



E- Young Fruit, 



F. Section of the same, shewing the disposition of the Seeds. 



G, A full grown Fruit. 



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