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fords a varniih fuperior even to the 

 Chinefe Lacque. The wood is of a 

 light brown colour, folid, heavy, and 

 durable, finking in water, as do almoft 

 all the woods of this country. 



The Green Hart, or Sipeira Tree, 

 in iize and altitude differs but little from 

 the Locuft. They are of two fpecies, 

 black and yellow, which are diftinguifh- 

 able only by the colours of the bark and 

 wood, which in the former are much 

 darker than in the yellow. This tree 

 continues undivided by branches, until 

 near the top. Tl)e leaves are long, 

 narrow, and pointed, and are dilpofed 

 on the branches in alternate order. The 

 flowers are of a yellowifh white colour, 

 and tetrapetalous. Thefe are fucceeded 

 by a farinaceous globular fruit, about an 

 inch in diarneter, with which the In- 

 dians fometimes make a very indifferent 

 ipecies of bread, when they have neg- 



leded 



