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which is two Foot and a half long, from a j Inch 
breadth at beginning bafe, ending in a point, ha- 
ving a very hollow or concave inward fide, and a round 
or convex outward one ; fo that by all of their hol^ 
low fides, is made within a very large Refervatory, 
Ciflern or Bafin, fig- i. fit to contain a pretty 
deal of Water, whiciV in the Rainy Seafon fails upon 
the uppermoft parts of thefpreading Leaves which have 
Channels in them, conveying it down to the Ciftern 
where it is kept, as in a Bottle, the Leaves after they 
are fweird out like a Bulbous Root, to make the Bottle 
bending inwards , or coming again clofe to the Stalk, 
by that means hindering the Evaporation of the Wa- 
ter by the heat of the Sun ^ they are of a light green 
Colour below, and like Leeks above ; From the midft 
of thefe rifes a round, fmooth, ftraight frefti green co- 
loured Stalk, three or four Foot long, (y^. i-O 
js'xng many Branches, when wounded yielding a clear, 
white, mucilaginous Gum ,• the Flowers come out here 
and there on the Branches , they are made up of three 
long yellowifti , white or herbaceous P^tala, and (bme 
purple ended Stamina, (landing in a long Galix orTu- 
bulus, made up of three green vifcid Leaves, with pur- 
ple edges, to which follows a long Triangular Capfula, 
(^fig, I d,^ greeniih brown, being fomewhat like thole 
of the Cariofhylli^ having under it three fliort capfular 
I Leaves , and within feveral long pappous Seeds, the 
^ Seeds its felf being oblong , pyramidal and very 
fmall , having very (oft hairs , down , or tomen- 
turn , much longer in proportion to the Seed , then 
any tomentum I know, being as long as the Pod 
or Capfula. 
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