( 3' ) 



growing, there arifes from its mmmit a 

 tough ligneous cylindrical ftalk, about 

 four inches in circumference, and near 

 three feet in length, bending fomewhat 

 downwards, and terminated by a conic, 

 reddifh purple fpatha, which adheres 

 Mntil the tree is cut down. This ftalk 

 is furrounded by numerous, monopeta- 

 lous hermaphrodite flowers, difpofed in 

 annular circles, at about three inches 

 diftance from each other. From thefe 

 arife fmall ftyles, terminated by a head, 

 or corona, which afterwards become 

 the Plantins. Thefe Plantins are white 

 farinaceous fruit, about eight inches in 

 length, and three and an half in cir- 

 cumference, bending fomewhat femi- 

 circularly, and inclofed in a frnooth, 

 angular, hufky tegument, which chan- 

 ges, when the fruit is ripe, from a deep 

 green to a yellow colour. The Plan- 

 tins, when full grown, but unripe, fup- 



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