Book VIII. Jand off BARBADOS, 
than forty Feet. The Bark, efpecially upon the Trunk, is very much ful- 
cated and cracked ; it generally branches pretty near the Top, bearing feye- 
ral middle-fized fharp-pointed green Leaves. 
The Flowers, which are pentapetalous and many, are of a yellow 
Colour, hanging in Clufters upon feveral {mall Twigs. 
Thefe are fucceeded by blackifh Pods, from ten to twenty Inches long, 
and about three-quarters of an Inch Diameter; “ having a Seam running 
“ the whole Length on the one fide; and another lef vifible on. the 
“ other.” | 
The Infide is divided into a great many Cells, feparated from each other 
by thin brittle Plates or Partitions covered with a black {weet Pulp. 
Between thefe are the Seeds which are {mall, flat, and {mooth. ca 
The Pulp, taken by way of a Purge, is too well known to want farther 
Explanation. 
This Tree grows generally in a dry rich Soil. 
The Moasire 3 alias, the Mancrove-BEarp-TRER. © 
ais HIS Tree never grows to be fit for Timber. 
Its Branches are very thick, covered with {mall roundith green 
Leaves, fet on alternately. 
The Flowers are tetrapetalous and white. 
Thefe are fucceeded by long falcated twifting Pods, containing eight 
_ or nine fhining-black flattifh Seeds ; which are half-theathed in a pulpy, 
Snow-white, and fometimes fcarlet, Pith. -Thefe Pods open, when ripe; 
the inner as well as the outward Side being then of a fine Maidens-bluth ; 
_ which Diverfity of Colours in the Seeds, Leaves, and Pods, makes it then 
_ appear very agreeable, 
f The white Pith is fometimes eaten; but looked upon to be very unwhol- 
- fome. The Seeds are ftrung upon Silk, and made ufe of by the Negro 
Women for Bracelets. , 
This Tree is more planted for its thick Shade, to keep off the falt Spry of 
_ the Sea from Corn or Cotton, than any other Ufe. 
The GaRDEN Mancrove.-. 
F1IS is perhaps, above all Vegetables, the moft beautiful Evergreen ; 
keeping, without the leaft Decay, or Withering, it’s grateful Verdure 
all the Year round. The Roots of this Tree are {trong and many, pene- 
_ trating deep into the Earth. 
If faffered to grow to its natural Height, it often rifes above forty Feet high, 
branching very thick on every Side, and confequently affording a delight- 
ful Shade. 
The Leaves are many, very thick, and of a deep-green Colour, fharp- 
pointed, and fmooth-edged; in Length about two Inches, and the largeft 
about an Inch broad, 
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