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in the competition of the celebrated 

 Indian Pigment. 



The Launa Tree grows about fifty 

 feet in height, being compofed of nu- 

 merous branches, which are covered 

 with a fmooth grey bark, having leaves 

 of a dark green colour, and a long oval 

 form, being narrowed: near the foot- 

 ftalk i thefe are fomewhat rough on the 

 furface, and difpofed in pairs. The 

 flowers are white, and of the tetrapeta- 

 lous kind ; thefe are fucceeded by aa 

 oval fruit, in fize equal to a Lifoon 

 lemon, covered with a rough, greyifli 

 green (kin. The internal fubftance of 

 the fruit refembles that of an apple, 

 both in colour and confiftence ; except 

 that it is fomewhat harder. The juice 

 of this fruit, after being a little time 

 expofed to the air, changes from a 

 whitim to a beautiful deep bluifh pur- 

 ple colour, and the internal fubftance of 



