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The Flowers are yellow, ftanding upon long Footftalks, rifing generally 
from the Bofom of the Leaves, and of the tetrapetalous Kind. 
' Thefe are fucceeded by a {mall Berry, of a dark-red, when ripe; con- 
taining fometimes Two or more blackith Seeds. 
A Decoétion of this Wood is efteemed to be a ftrong Diuretic. 
The P1cEoN-Woop. 
(idee is a fhrubby Tree, feldom growing to above Six Feet high. 
The Wood is very folid; and the Bark whitifh. 
Its numerous {mall Branches are thickly cloathed with fmall round- 
pointed winged Leaves. 
The {mall white Bloffoms it bears are fucceeded by a great many white 
Berries. 
The SwEET Woop-TREE. 
Se IS is of Two forts; the one bearing a Berry like a Damafcen. 
© That which bears the white Bark is the beft and moft folid Tim- 
ber. 
That with the green Bark, and white within, is of lefs Value. 
The Leaves of the former refemble thofe of the Bay-tree. 
Thefe are fet on alternately. 
The Berries are fupported by fmall Pedicles, rifing from the Helos of 
the Leaves. 
Thefe, when ripe, are eaten by Pivets, and Ground-doves, &c. 
The BALSAM-TREE. 
cj as S is a middle-fized Tree, growing generally in 4 Gales, and 
fhady Places. 
Its Hie are few, but ftrong. 
The Colour of the Bark is of a reddifh Grey. 
Its Branches are many and fpiral, thickly cloathed with very {mooth 
fhining fucculent Leaves, pale underneath, and green above: 
Thefe are narrow at the Stalk, but ard and round-pointed at their 
Extremities. 
Their Edges are fmooth, and tinged with a pale Yellow. 
The Flowers confift of Six {trong white Leaves, furrounding a yellowilh 
Thrum, and fupported by Four white capfular Leaves. 
The Stalks bearing the Flowers are long, white, and brittle. 
The fucceeding Berries are of an oblong Shape, about the Bignefs of a 
Nutmeg, and of a deep Red, when ripe. 
Thele are decorated with a Corona at the Top. be 
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