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bers of thefe Trees in the Woods 

 about this Village, which grow to 

 the Height of fifty or fixty Feet : 

 fome of thefe Trees do not yield any 

 of the Balfam ; thofe which do, are 

 diftinguifti'd by a Ridge which runs 

 along their Trunks; thefe Trees are 

 wounded in their Centre, and they 

 place Calabafti-fhells, or fome other 

 Veffels, to the wounded Part, to re- 

 ceive the Balfam, which will all flow 

 out in a fhort time. One of thefe 

 Trees will yield five or fix Gallons 

 of the Balfam ; but though thefe 

 Trees will thrive well after being 

 tapp'd, yet they never afford any 

 moie Balfam. 



As this Balfam is ufed in Medi- 

 cine, it deferves our Application to 

 procure the Trees, and cultivate 

 them in fome of the EngUfh Colonies 

 of America ; for as the Englijb are 

 pofleffed of Lands in fo many differ- 

 ent Latitudes, they might cultivate 

 moft Kinds of Trees and Plants, 

 from the different Parts of theWorld, 

 which are ufed in Medicine, Dyeing, 

 or for any other Purpofe of Life. 



The Seeds of this Tree were 

 brought from the Country of their 

 Growth by Mr. Robert Millar, Sur- 

 geon, who fowed a Part of them in 

 Jamaica, which he informed me had 

 fucceeded very well ; fo that we may 

 hope to have thefe Trees propagated 

 in great Plenty in a few Years, in 

 fome of the Englifo Colonies, if the 

 Slothfulnefs of the Inhabitants doth 

 not fuffer them to perifh, as they 

 have the Cinnamon-tree, and fome 

 other ufeful Plant?, which have been 

 carried thither by curious Perfons. 



There are not at prefent any of 

 thefe Trees in Europe, that I can 

 learn : for tiiofe Seeds which Mr. 

 Millar fent over to England were all 

 dellrov ed by Infects in their PafTage, 

 fo that not one fucceeded in the fe- 

 veral Places where they were fowrj : 



but could frefh Seeds be procured, 

 the Plants might be raifed in Eng- 

 land, and preferved in the Bark- 

 ftoves very well ; for the Country 

 of their Growth is much more tem- 

 perate than many others, from 

 whence we have been furnifhed with 

 a great Variety of Plants, which fuc- 

 ceed very well in the Stoves ; and 

 fome of them arrive to a great De- 

 gree of Perfection. 



CORALLODENDRON, The 

 Coral -tree. 



The Characters are ; 



It hath the Appearance of a Tree : 

 the Leaves, for the moft part, conjift 

 of three Lobes : the Flowers are pa- 

 pilionaceous : the Standard, or Vexil- 

 lum, is long, and Jh aped like a Sword : 

 the Wings on each Side, and the Keel, 

 or Carina, are <very Jhort : the Flow- 

 ers are fucceeded by knobby bivalve 

 Pods, nuhich contain feveral kidney- 

 Jhapcd Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Co RALLODENDRON triphyllon 

 Americanum fpinofum, flore ruberri- 

 ?no. Toum. The three-leav'd Ame- 

 rican Coral-tree, with deep-red Flow- 

 ers, commonly called in America the 

 Bean-tree. 



2. Corallodendron America num 

 non fpinofum, foliis magis acuminatis, 



fore longiore : An, Coral arbor non 

 fpinofa t fiore longiore Cjf magis claufo. 

 Sloan. Cat. Jam. American Corali 

 tree without Spines, having fharp- 

 pointed Leaves, 2nd long Flowers. 



3. Co rallodendron Carolinia- 

 num, foribus fpicatis coccineis, ra- 

 dice crafjijfma. Thick-rooted Caro- 

 lina Coral- tree, with fcarlet Flowers 

 growing in Spikes. 



4. Cora llodend RON triphyllum 

 Americanum minus, fpinis CS* feminibus 

 nigricantilus- Inf. R. H. Leffer 

 three-leav'd Coral-tree, with black 

 Seeds and Spines. 



5. Co- 



