114. 
The Natural Hiftory of the - Book lV, 
greatly advanced, by the Nourifhment they received from: thence, This 
new Supply gave likewife Birth to many Branches of the Fig-tree, Tifing 
from the Top, and growing among the natural, Branches of the Palm- 
‘tree; the Roots of the other, in the mean time, continuing daily to fur. 
round the Trunk.of the Palm,. which, at prefent, being almoft intirely 
caled_ or covered by the Fig-tree, is deprived of a great Part of its 
former Nourifhment ; arid-the few remaining Branches are far from being 
in a thriving Condition. eS meee 
Nog alee en SO, ob feared. 
By creeping Ivy, or by fordid. Mofs, 
Some lordly Palace, or flupendous Fane, 
Magnificent in Ruin lies.----~-.. ° Glover's Leonid, 
- ‘There is another Inftance, fimilar to this, on Flor fam’ s-Hill, in the 
_ Parith of St. Perer’s ; where, in like manner, a Fig, depofited among the 
Branches of a Cherry-tree, hath grown, and will, in a few Years, intirely 
cafe, if not deftroy it? °° ~~ 
The MAcKAw-TREE. 
FIS is of the Palm-kind, having a great many ftrong Roots, like 
-  thofe of the Cabbage-tree, or Coco Nut-tree. 
_ The Trunk is very ftrait, round, and tapering : This, is almoft intirely 
covered with black Prickles, of about the Length, and very near as 
fine, as a large Stocking-needle. FAR eS Lar 
_. The-Leaves much refemble thofe of a Coco Nut, except that the mid- 
dle Spine of ‘this is always thickly covered with Prickles, and the 
Branches always ending in a Square, rather than a fharp Point, as if their 
Tops were fheared or clipped off. 
‘The Infide of the Body of the Tree affords what we have, in the Coco 
Nut-tree, called Cabbage. . 
From among the Branches rifes up an hard falcated Spatha, or Sheath, 
much ‘tefembling that of a Turkifb Scimiter : This is near Three Feet 
long ; and,.when.it opens, it difcoversa round cartilaginous ftrong Twig, 
which runs the whole Length of the Pod, a great many thin-fhelled Nuts, 
and fomewhat bigger than a Sloe, Bes ee es 
os he Sanp-pox TREE; Lat, Hur. 
"Ps grows to a large Tree, often to Forty Feet high ; yielding a 
Shade of as many Feet Diameter. 
The Trunk, which is of a light-coloured Bark, is thickly befet with 
fhort ftubbed Prickles; and the Branches, cloathed with fhining-green 
fharp-pointed Leaves, are {et on alternately : Thefe are about Four Inches 
Jong, and Three broad, The Extremity of the Branches bears both Male 
and Female Flowers, The 
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