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petals inclofe fevcral ftamina, crowned 

 with apices, of a purple colour : from 

 the middle of thefe arifes a ftyle, which 

 contains the embryo of a fucceeding, 

 echinated, conic pod, which is divided 

 into feveral longitudinal cavities, that 

 are filled with fmall feeds, which, when 

 ripe, are covered with a beautiful crim- 

 fon pulp. The Roucou is moftly culti- 

 vated by the Indians, and its feeds ma- 

 cerated in the juice of lemons, in which 

 the gum of the Mauna Tree has been 

 diffolved, yields the celebrated Indian 

 Pigment, or Crimfon Paint, with 

 which the Natives adorn their bodies. 



The French Guava Tree is a ligneous 

 plant, compofed of feveral branches, 

 about twelve feet in height, with large 

 oval leaves difpofed in pairs. From the 

 principal ftem arife feveral eredl fpikes, 

 covered near the top with clufters of 



yellow 



