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The Natural Hiftory of the Book Vip 
on the Branches in an alternate Order. The farft Appearance of she 
Flower is a Tube of a brownifh-white Colour, about the Thickne§ of 2 
Quill, and in Length three-quarters of an Inch ; this, near the Top, fra 
bulges out, and then fplits into two Parts ; the upper, which I call the 
Creft, being excavated Spoon-like ; the under Lip deflects very much 
back, ending in three diftinét Divifions, each Point curling inward; the 
middlemoft having from the Socket of the Flower, to its Extremity, a 
narrow Lift of fine purple Fur, or foft Vil. As the Flower comes to 
its Perfection, the Creft, or the upper Part, deflects back from the inter. 
mediate Space ; between the upper and the lower Lip rife four Syay;- 
na, tipp'd with pices, furrounding a naked Piftil, which, when the 
Flower drops, becomes the Rudiment of the Fruit, which is a {mall Olive,’ 
Yellow when ripe. Thefe Trees are valued for their quick Growth, and 
good Shelter, and they are chiefly planted near the Sea-fide, to fhelter the 
neighbouring Fields of Corn and Cotton from being blafted by the 
falt Spry of the Sea, which too often, after all Precaution, is very de- 
{truétive to thofe Plantations that adjoin to the Sea to the Eaft and North- 
Eaft of the Ifland. This is delineated in Plate XII. 
The Fustic-TREE 3 Lat. Morus. 
BN HERE are two Species of Fuftic-Trees, the Green and the Yel- 
low; the former is very fcarce in this Ifland ; the latter is di- 
ftinguifhed into. the Male and Female, the Male bearing a two-inch | 
long Spike, or Katkin ; the Female bears on the under Part of the 
Leaves, on the middle Rib, feveral {quammous {weetifh Berries, much 
refembling Mulberries ; thefe are eaten by Birds whilft upon the Tree, 
and much coveted by Dogs when ripe, and fallen off. The Heart of 
this Tree is very yellow, and much made ufe of by the Dyers; it is 
likewife very folid and durable Timber, which makes it ufeful to make 
Cart wheels, &’c.. Thefe Trees grow beft in Gullies, and fuch Places _ 
~-as are fhaded from the Wind. 
-. The Gully Puum-Tree; Lat. Membip. 
‘HIS Tree, efpecially if fhaded from the Wind, grows confidera- 
bly large, both in Bulk and Height ; the Bark upon the Trunk 
is ofa very dark Grey, fulcous, and very rough ; its Branches are many, and 
generally crooked. Thefe are cloathed with unequally pennated Leaves. 
The Lobes are about three Inches long, and fomewhat above an Inch 
in Breadth ; the Leaf confifting generally of four Pair of Lobes, with 
an odd one at the End. The upper Twigs fupport pyramidal Cluf- 
ters of {mall granulated herbaceous Flowers, which are followed by 
Plums of oblong Shape, yellow when ripe, and fomewhat bigger than 
large Nutmegs ; thefe in Bunches hang downwards, fupported by two- — 
inch-long Footftalks, Their pulpy Part is of an agreeable Talte ; this 1s 
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