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~ {elves naturally obliquely upwards, and they are | le, : be 
Pe oaliegteyil she : this is a Mixture of | Part than below: it is terminated by an abrupt —-——— 
their natural Colour, which is a pale green, at 
of a whitith woolly Matter, which is fpread thinly 
over them. — | | 
The Leaves are placed in Pairs, and they have 
hort Footftalks : they are roundifh, but fmall at | 
the Bafe; lightly notched at the Edges, fharp 
pointed, and of a pale or greyifh green: they are 
foft to the Touch, and covered in a light man- 
ner with the fame Kind of woolly Subftance, 
which fpreads itfelf over the young Shoots. 
. ~The Flowers are pale red; they are placed in | 
Clufters round the Twigs, at the Infertions of the 
Leaves, exaétly as in the verticillate Plants. Singly 
they are {mall and inconfiderable, but in the 
Clofter they are fufficiently con{picuous ; the more 
fo as this Difpofition is very uncommon upon 
woody Plants. — as | 
Each Flower has its Cup, which is fmall, hol- 
low, bell-fhaped, formed of one Piece, but nip’d 
‘in four Parts at the Edge. | ss 
~The Flower is formed of one Petal, and is 
_ tubular, the Verge divided at the Edge of the 
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Fig. 8. 
Cup into four expanded obtufe Segments. 
The Filaments are four, and they are of twice 
the Length of the Flower : they are crowned with 
_ oval incumbent Buttons. 
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' The Style is fingle, and is thicker. inthe upper 
Head, and rifes from a roundifth Rudiment of a 
Fruit. 
‘The four Filaments and fingle Style refer th® 
Shrub plainly to the Tetrandiia Monog ynia of 
Linnavus. The Rudiment afterwards ripens into 
a round, fmooth Berry, with four oblong callous 
Seeds rifing on one Side, and hollowed on thé 
other, and in the whole .fomewhat comprefied, 
= Culture of the CaruicaRPa, 
~ It is'a Native of the northern Parts of America, 
and will live with very little Trouble in our Gar- 
dens. The Seeds brought from thencé grow here 
freely, and the laft Method of raifing the Shrub 
“is by them. @ 
_ They muit be fown on a Bed of frefli Earth in 
vance in Height till they are four or five Inches 
high; at which Time they may be either planted 
out in another Bed, or removed at once into the 
| Places where they are to remain. 
_ They may be afterwards encreafed by Layers, 
or by Cuttings very well managed ; and in either 
Cafe they fhould be left to Nature in regard to 
their Form of Growth, for they never do fo well 
as in their wild Shape. 
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The Druggift has been long acquainted with 
Anacardiums: he is to be informed this Tree pro- 
duces them : and it is one of thofe which gives a 
diftinguifh’d Beauty to the Jndian Forefts. The 
| Figure of the Fruit is common in all the bota- 
nical Writers, but that of the Tree was long un- 
known. | 
_ The Author of the Hortus Malabaricus has 
given it under the Savage Name Oepata; and 
Livy aus has explained and afcertained the Cha- 
racters under the Title 4vicennia: to this he adds 
no Epithet, for there is no other known Species. 
It is a vaft and very noble Tree, equal to our 
Elms in Height, and Thicknefs of the Trunk; 
and full of Branches. The Bark is rough, and 
of an olive brown, the wood white and brittle ; 
and the young Shoots of a ereyith green. 
The Leaves are very numerous and elecant, 
large as thofe of the Laurel, and not unlike them 
in form: they are placed in Pairs, and they have 
fhort Footftalks. Their Colour on the upper 
Side is a ftrong green; on the under, greyith; 
and they are of a firm Subftance. 
The Flowers crown the Extremities of the 
Branches in large Clufters. Their Colour is a 
bright yellow edged with white, and they are 
very fragrant. 
Fach has its {mall permanent green Cup; this 
is formed of one Piece, and divided into five Seg- 
ments at the Edge. 
The Flower is formed of one Petal, which is 
divided into four Segments, of an oval Form, 
_ but pointed. 
In the Centre rife four fhort Filaments, with 
divided Buttons ; and in the Midft of thema fingle 
Style, fhort, permanent, crowned with a pointed 
Head, and rifing from an oval Rudiment. This 
by degrees enlarges into an oval Fruit, with a 
Point; which in one Cell contains a fingle Seed. . 
comprefied, oblong, and fo full of Vigour, that 
it will fhoot out the firft Traces of Root and 
Leaves while contained in the Fruit. 
The four Filaments and fingle Style in the 
Flower refer this Tree to the Tetrandria Mono- 
gynia of Linn aus. 
Culture of the Avicennia. 
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from Seed, and the great Fiope of Succefs con- 
fifts in obtaining that freth. | 
In Spring it muft be planted carefully in a 
Pot of frefh. Mould, covered a Quarter: of an 
Inch, and fet in a Bark-bed which has not too 
much Heat. 
When the young Plants appear they muft be 
watered : when three Inches high they muft be 
taken up each with as much of the Mould as can 
be preferved about it, and planted in feparate 
Pots. 
Thefe muft be again fet up to the Rim in Bark, 
and fhaded well, and watered lightly till they are 
rooted : they muft then be inur’d by degrees to 
bear. a little Air, and afterwards fet out among 
the Greenhoufe Plants : they muft be watered 
frequently and early in Autumn taken into Shelter. 
As 
aNurfery, and weeded and watered as they ad- 
he Method of raifing this elegant Tree ig 
Sept, 
