TREES, SHRUBS, and PLANTS, 
OF THE 
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The PrickLE-YELLOW-Woob ; Lat. Xanthoxylum. 
4 HIS is a Timber-Tree, growing large enough to be faw’d inte 
: Planks, or Boards, for Tables, and other Ufes. Its Roots are 
| many and ftrong. The Wood is of a very fine clofe Grain, 
_ ponderous, and of a yellow Colour; and the Bark of a reddith Grey. 
_ The main Branches are many, fhooting out into a great Number of leffer 
ones: Thefe are beautifully decorated with a great many winged Leaves. 
_ The Edges of thefe are regularly indented; and between each Segment the 
Leaf is generally waved, or labiated. Its Length is about two, and its 
Breadth about one Inch. The whole Tree, particularly when young, is 
_ guarded with thort Prickles. The Flowers are. fucceeded by a Group of ~ 
_ black fhining flat Seeds, inclos’d in {mall Cap/ule : Thele are very {mall, 
_ and of a fhining Black, affording by Expreflion a great Quantity of Oil. 
Witp Hemp. 
HERE are two Sorts of this Plant, the White and Red: The 
; latter never grows above two Feet high: The other, which is moft 
ufeful, to above five Feet. The outward Coat of this, when ripe, affords 
.. Uu numerous 
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