Book V. —- land of BARBADOS, 
The LIME-TREE. 
HIS Tree, generally {peaking, foon divides into many Branches, and 
thefe into {till leffer ones, thickly cloathed with Prickles, as well as 
deep-green {mooth fharp-pointed Leaves, which are near Two Inches 
long, and above an Inch broad. 
It bears a very great Number of fmall white monopetalous Flowers, 
divided into Five feeming Petals. 
Thefe are fucceeded by the Limes, which are a round Fruit, about as 
big as a Crab-apple. 
Thefe are yellow, when ripe; and afford a great Quantity, confidering 
their Bulk, of a thin and very four Juice. 
This, or the Juice, or Lemon, is the chief Ingredient of the acid kind 
in both Sherbet and Punch. 
The Infide affords a great many {mall white Seeds of the Apple-kind. 
The Trees are propagated from thefe Seeds, planted about an Inch 
deep in the Earth. 
_ The Limes, when young, are preferved, and make a Part of our Bar- 
bados Sweet-meats. 
The SucAR-Appie-TREE; Lat. GUANABANUS. 
HIS is of a middle-fized Growth, cloathed with weak pale thin 
Leaves, of about Four Inches long, one in Breadth, and {mooth-edged. 
Thefe are fet on the Branches alternately. 
The Flowers are compofed of Three thick narrow herbaceous Leaves, 
white within, and green on the Outfide. 
From the Centre of thefe grows the Fruit ; which at firft appears in a 
green Button; but as it grows, enlarges, and becomes of a blunt conic 
Form ; the Outfide divided into feveral bluith irregular {quamous Protu- 
berances. 
Thefe afford a foft, ftringy, {weet, pulpy Subftance, inclofing a blackifh 
oblong Stone or Kernel. 
The Fruit is looked upon to be wholfome. 
The MonxEy AppLE-TREE. 
| pao grows to about Twenty Feet high. 
Its Branches are thickly covered with Leaves, much refembling 
thofe of a Sourfop-tree. 
It bears a large round Apple, the Infide refembling the Sourfop-fruit. 
The Tree, Leaves, and Fruit, emit a very offenfive Smell in rainy 
Weather. 
The Fruit hath its Name from its being eaten by Monkeys. 4, 
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