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ing of five white follicles, inclofing the 

 pointal within five ftamina tipped with 

 apices ; the whole being inclofed by a 

 green calyx : Thefe are fucceeded by a 

 pod of a conic form, and about four 

 inches in length. This pod, when 

 ripe, opens and expofes to the wind its 

 contained cotton, which confifts of 

 ftiprf, fine, filky filaments, intermingled 

 with fmail hlackifh feeds. Thefe crops 

 are triennial. The trunk of this tree, 

 rendered concave by fire, makes the 

 Indian canoes, which are frequently fe- 

 venty feet in length, and capable of 

 carrying very great burthens. 



The Locuft Tree is frequently feventy 

 feet in height, and nine in diameter, 

 being of the filiquofe tribe. The 

 trunk is covered with light afiVcoloured 

 bark, and continues deftitute of branches 

 until near the top, when they arife 

 pretty numerous, covered with oval 



leaves, 



