Book IV.  Sland of BARBADOS, 116 
The CALABASH-TRE E. 
THE Fruit called Calabafhes are of Two Sorts 3 the one fimall and 
round, containing (when the pulpy Subftance, and numerous white 
flattifh Seeds, are {cooped out) from One to Four Pints ; the oval Sort 
often containing Fifteen Pints. 
The Tree bearing the former is taller, and hath a lefler Leaf, and is 
alfo of a paler Colour, than the latter. 
_ The Bark of both Trees is rough and fhagged, if not fulcous in fome 
‘old Trees ; and what fome Authors call Capfular Leaves, are only a Sea 
paration in the green husky Part of the Calyx ; for this Tegument feems 
indeed to have been defigned by Nature only to proteé the Fruit, whilft 
‘tender, and in its infant State; and when that hath expanded itfelf on 
the Infide, and is become ftrong enough to bear the Air, it then burfts 
its Way thro’ the former Covering. 
This Tree, when full-grown, is about Eighteen Inches Diameter ; and, 
in Height, from Fifteen to Twenty-five Feet ; dividing generally into 
many {piral Branches, ending in a blunt Point. 
The Flower is a large yellow Cup, freckled with Red, a Piftil rifing 
from the Middle. ‘The Stamina take their Rife from the Side of the Petals, 
The Fruit is often fo large as to contain (when cleared of its Seed, and 
white foft Pulp, with which it is filled). Two or Three Quarts, efpecially 
thofe which grow of a blunt oval Shape; but the round fort are much 
fmaller. Each make very convenient Drinking-cups, and are ferviceable 
to many other Ufes. 
The GALL-TREE. 
3 there are very few, if any, of thefe Trees, left undeftroyed in the 
Ifland, I am obliged to reprefent it from the Defcription of it given 
me by a Perfon of equal Knowlege in Plants, and Integrity in defcribing 
them. & 
This Tree feldom rifes above Twelve Feet high, covered with Leaves 
of the fame Make with, but fomewhat longer than, thofe of the baftard 
Lignum Vite. , 
The Trunk, which is covered with a whitith Bark, foon divides into 
very many bufhy Branches: The Extremities of thefe bear many {mall 
bluifh Flowers in Groups, which are fucceeded by numerous Berries, or 
Galls hanging on fhort Footftalks: Thefe are about the Bignefs of a Sloe, 
of an Afh-colour on the Outfide, and black within. a 
This, with the Pods of Achafee, boiled together, makes good Ink. 
. The Necro Ot.-susn , Lat. Pauma Curisrt, 
ae IS fhrubby Plant is diftinguifhed into the red and white Sort. 
The Oil, extracted from the Berries of the Red, is lef rank than: 
that of the other ; and is fometimes made ufe of by feveral Nations of. 
Negroes in their Soups. pitti 
