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pointed diviiions. The leaves are flip- 

 ported by foot-fialks near a foot in 

 length. The flowers furround the 

 lu mm it of the main item, and confift 

 of fmall yellowifh (lamina, tipped with 

 apices. The hulk, which inclofes the 

 berry, is at fir ft green, but, as it ripens, 

 changes to a brown colour, and falls 

 off. The nut is of a triangular form, 

 compoled of three parts, and flightly 

 covered wich a brownifh fur. Thefe 

 are replete with an oil, which, wher^ 

 obtained by expreffion, can fcarcely be 

 diitinguifhed from that of the olive. 

 It is gently purgative, and is now 

 efteemed a fpecific for the Colica Pitfo~ 

 many or Weft India Dry Gripes. 



The Manchineel Tree is fupported by 

 a trunk about two feet diameter, which 

 foon divides into many branches, like 

 an Apple Tree. Thefe are covered 



with 



