Book VIII. Zfland of BARBADOS. 
It is called Shrove-Tue/day from its never wanting Flowers by that Day. 
Thefe are of a flaming Purple, andas they very thickly cover the Tree, 
they appear very beautiful, efpecially at that time, when the Tree is intire- 
ly void of Leaves. 
The Make of thefe Flowers is not lefs remarkable; for they cannot well 
be regiftred under any Botanical Clafs. 
Their firft Appearance being an intire falcated fmall Pod, when this 
unfolds, it difcovers feveral long purple Stamina, all joined to one com- 
mon broad Footttalk. 
Thefe are fucceeded by an hufky Pod, coe one, two, or more red 
{mall Beans, with a black Eye to them. 
The Cocoa-TREE. 
HIS feldom grows to any great Height; and never thrives,  unlefs 
much fheltered from the Wind. 
Its Roots are many, and the Bark of the Trunk, as well as its Branches, 
is of a whitifh Green. 
The Leaves are fet on alternately, and are aboue eight Inches long, and, 
near three broad, highly ribb’d- on the lower Side. 
The Honse-NicKer, or CHICK=STONE-TREE. 
4 pee is a fimall groveling Tree, growing chiefly in a loofe, marly, 
or fandy Soil. 
Its Trunk foon dividesinto many Branches, cloathed with unequal pen- 
nated Leaves, confifting of fix or feven Pairs, of an oval Shape. 
The falls as well as the large Branches, are likewife thickly covered 
with {trong coalket! fharp Prickles. Thefe are fo very numerous, ‘and fo 
fharp- pointed, as well as fo varioufly inclined by the twining different Pofi- 
tion of the Branches, that it is next toan Impoffibility, without the greateft 
Deliberation, to extricate one’s felf when once entangled in them : They are 
therefore very properly planted upon the Borders of our Intrenchments; for 
they are the beft Defence of this Kind that hath been hitherto known. 
The Tops of the Branches end in an upright Spike, furrounded with {mall 
yellow Flowers. 
From the Flower-cup, or Calyx, rife three fmall green Leaves, aaiek de- 
fle& very much back. 
Thefe inclofe five yellow fpoon-like Petals, which furround feveral fhort 
Stamina, tipp’d with Apices. 
The Flower is fucceeded by a brownifh echinated Pod, of about two 
‘Inches long, and one broad. 
This inclofes feveral roundifh Seeds or Nuts, of the oe: Colour, and 
Shape of Marbles, which Children play with. 
This is defcribed in Plate XVIII. 
Ddd SPANISH 
195 
