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is deftitute of thofe fhoots which fup- 

 port the Red Mangrove. 



The Caffia Fiftula Tree ufually grows 

 between forty and fifty feet in height, 

 covered with bark of a light brown 

 colour, fomewhat fulcated, and uneven. 

 The branches, which are numerous, 

 arife near the top. The leaves are few 

 in number, of a middle fize, narrow, 

 and pointed. Near the extremities of 

 the branches arife clufters of numerous 

 yellow pentapetalous flowers, which are 

 fucceeded by depending cylindrical pods, 

 of a dark brown colour, and ufually 

 about eighteen inches in length, and 

 between two and three in circumference. 

 The fhell of this pod is joined on two 

 oppofite fides, from end to end, by lon- 

 gitudinal junctures, one of which is 

 fomewhat protuberant. The cavity of 

 the pod is feparated into fmall cells, and 

 each of the partitions, which form thefe 



cells, 



