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pofed numerous narrow pennated leaves, 

 about eighteen inches long near the 

 trunk, from whence they gradually di- 

 minifh in length. The external fuh- 

 ftance of the tree is ftrong, hard, and 

 ligneous ; its internal, like that of all 

 the Palm kind, is pithy. The trees 

 ufually produce nuts in about fix years, 

 from the time of planting : fever at of 

 thefe adhere to one ftalk, which arifes 

 from the trunk near the place where 

 the branches diverge. The colour of 

 its flowers is of a yellowifh white. 

 The nut is too generally known to need 

 a defcription. 



The Ricinus Americanus major, or 

 Phyfick Nut Tree, is a nuciferous, flen.- 

 der, knotty fhrub, about twelve or four- 

 teen feet in height ; its leaves, whkh> 

 arife at the extremities of the branches, 

 are round, and flightly indented. The 



