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The Bullet Tree ufually grows about 

 fifty feet in height, but is feldom more 

 than fix or feven feet in circumference. 

 It is covered with a grey, fmooth, clofely 

 adhering bark. The trunk, like the 

 former, is deftitute of branches, until 

 near the top. Its leaves are long, and 

 narrow towards the foot-ftalk. The 

 flowers confift of five petals of a reddifli 

 blue colour, which are fucceeded by 

 fmall purple berries. The wood is ex- 

 tremely folid, heavy, and durable ; its 

 fpecific gravity being much greater even 

 than fea-water. It is of a dark brown 

 colour, variegated with numerous fmall 

 white ipecks, and is efteemed the moft 

 valuable timber for the arms, {hafts, &c. 

 of windmills, that the Continent any 

 where produces. 



Bow Wood, or Wafceba, is in fize 

 and altitude nearly equal to the for- 

 mer. Its bark is brown, and fomewhat 



fulcated. 



