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2. Cl U s I A fore rofeo, major, fruSlu 

 jubviridi. Plnm. Nod. Gen. Balfam- 

 tree with a large Rofe-flower, and 

 a greenifh Fruit. 



3. Clusia fore rofeo, minor, 

 fruttu fianjefcente. Plum. Nov. Gen. 

 Balfam-tree with a fmall Rofe-flow- 

 er, and a yellowifh Fruit. 



4. Clusia alia minor, fore albo, 

 fruclu virefcente. Plum. Nov. Gen. 

 Balfam-tree with a fmall white 

 Flower, and a green Fruit. 



The firft and fourth Sorts are pret- 

 ty common in the Britijb Iflands of 

 America, where they grow to the 

 Height of twenty Feet, and fhoot 

 out many Branches on every Side, 

 which are furnimed with thick round 

 fucculent Leaves placed oppofite by 

 Pairs : the Flowers are produced at 

 the Ends of the Branches, each hav- 

 ing a thick fucculent Cover : thefe 

 Flowers are of different Colours in 

 different Plants, fome being red, 

 others yellow, fome white, and 

 fome green : after the Flowers are 

 paft, they are fucceeded by oval 

 Fruit, which are alfo of different 

 Colours in different Plants: from 

 every Part of thefe Trees exudes a 

 fort of Turpentine, which is called 

 in the Weft-Indie* Hog-gum; becaufe 

 they fay, when any of the wild 

 Hogs are wounded, they repair to 

 thefe Trees, and rub their wounded 

 Parts againit the Stems of thefe Trees, 

 till they have anointed themfelves 

 with this Turpentine, which heals 

 their Wounds : the Turpentine of 

 thefe Trees is alfo greatly recom- 

 mended for the Cure of Sciatica's, 

 by fpreading it on a Cloth, and ap- 

 plying it as a Plaifter to the Part af- 

 fe&ed. 



Thefe Plants are at prefent very- 

 rare in Europe: there were fome 

 Years ago fome fine Plants in the 

 Garden of JS/Ir. Parker, near Croyden 

 in Surry ; thefe were brought over 



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growing in Tubs of Earth from Bar- 

 bados, which is the beft Method of 

 procuring them ; for the Seeds fel- 

 dom fucceed ; and the young Plants 

 grow fo flowly, as not to make any 

 Figure in fome Years ; but in the 

 bringing over the Plants, great Care 

 mould be had, that they do not re- 

 ceive much Wet ; for as thefe Plants 

 have very fucculent Stems, Moifture 

 will caufe them to rot. 



Thefe Plants are tender; fo mult 

 be conftantly kept in the Stove, 

 otherwife they will not live thro' 

 the Winter in England: they muft 

 alfo be watered very Iparingly, efpe- 

 cially in Winter ; for thefe Plants 

 naturally grow in thofe Parts of 

 the Iflands, where it feldom rains ; 

 therefore they can't bear much 

 Moiflure. 



They may be propagated by Cut- 

 ting*, which muft be laid to dry 

 when they are cut off from the Plants 

 for ten Days or a Fortnight, that the 

 wounded Part may be healed over, 

 otherwife. they will rot: when the 

 Cuttings are planted, the Pots fhould 

 be plunged into an Hot-bed of Tan- 

 ners Bark, and now-and-then gently 

 refrefhed with Water: the beft time 

 for planting thefe Cuttings is in July, 

 that they may be well rooted before 

 the cold Weather comes on in Au- 

 tumn. In Winter thefe Plants may 

 be placed upon Stands in the dry 

 Stove; but if in Summer they are 

 plunged into the Tan-bed, they will 

 make great Progrefs, and their 

 Leaves will be large, in which con- 

 fifts the great Beauty of thefe Plants. 



CLUTIA. 



The Characters are ; 



It is Male and Female in different 

 Plants : the Flowers of the Male have 

 fve heart-Jbaped Petals, which ex- 

 pand: the Empalement conffs of fi<ve 

 Leaves, which are concave: in the 

 Centre are placed 'fve Stamina, with- 



