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Jan. =A Tree of extreme Singularity: native of 
: FA Mexico, and other warm Parts of Ame- | the young Shoots are green. 
Plate 4 -® pica, and celebrated by all late Writers. 7 va | 
AX. The Form of its Fruit hds obtain’d it Various | 
Fig. 1.4 
Names. _ | ee 
The Vulgar, from. its Sliape, which feems 
as if elegantly wrought by Att, and from 
the Ufe fometimes tnade of it to Hold Sand for 
Writing, call it the Sad-Box Tree: forte the 
 Famaica Walnut: not that it approaches in the 
- leaft to the Walnut Form; or is a Native of that 
-JMand; tho’ now commen in the Gardens there, 
from Seeds obtain’d from Mexico. — ae 
- Hernanpez, from the violent Crack with | 
which the Fruit burfts to Pieces, when dry, calls | 
it Arbor Crepitans: others, Warnelia, and Have- 
tas but its moft receiy’d and general Name is 
ura. This Linnavus adopts; and as there is — 
‘fo other known Species, he adds tio Epithet of 
Diftinétion. | = ms 
The Tree, even without its Fruit or Flowers, 
is beautifiil: for there is not a haridfomer Leaf, 
nor. one that hangs more elegantly. 
Tt grows to twenty Foot, or more, in Height, 
with an upright and regular Trunk, fpread to- 
ward the Top into many Branches. ‘The Bark 
Numb. XX, eg se 
Rib, which is very confpicuous on the Back of 
€a or a The whole 
is full of a milky Juice, as is alfo the Foot- 
-ftalk, and the tender Part of the. young Shoot. 
This flows | plentifully on breaking them ; and, 
as it dries, becomes brownith. 3 | 
The Flower’ are of two Kinds, Male and Fe- 
male, upon the fame Plant. a | 
_ The Male Flower is of ari extremely fimple 
Structure: it has only the Rudiment of a Cup, 
and has no Petals. The Filaments are numerous; 
they rife from the Bafe of this little Cup, and are. 
united in their lower Part into a cylindric Body : 
at their Tops they fpread ont in Form of numerous ! 
Branches,oneach of which is plac’d an oblong Button, 
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