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Of Fruitf. 
Part II 
A THIRD. Three quarters of an inch long 3 one way, 
? of an inch over 5, another, k One fide, Concave 3 the 
•other, Convex. The Margin pinched out into a Iharpe 
edge. Of a dark bay. 
A Great MAMMEE-STONE. Two inches and Hong, 
an inch and * broad in the middle, flat, and fomewhat 
fharp at both ends. Bauhinus gives the Defcription and 
Figure hereof both out; of Clufius, by whom it is called 
AveUana hidica. 'Tis alfo curioufly figur d in Calceolaria : 
but with the fame Name. And with the fame, defcribed 
by Matthiolus. All of them miftaking it for a Nut. 
Whereas in truth it is the Stone of a kind of Fruit like a 
great Peach, and bigger 3 in which there are commonly 
two of thefe Stones. 
A little MAMMEE-STONE. Defcribed by Clufius 
with the miftaken Name of AveUana Indica minor.. And, 
(a) Tom. i. out of him, by Bauh. {a) 
A ROUND MAMMEE-STONE. Of the fame colour 
with the former 3 but that which is here the far greater part, 
of an obfcure brown, and fomewhat uneven with a few 
crooked furrows. The remainder and here the far lefs 
portion, of a fhining bay. Tis of the bignefs of a good 
large Walnut. 
The Fruit grows in Jamaica, Barbados, and other parts 
of the Weft-Indies. Of the flelh or pulp whereof, they there 
make very good Conferves. 
(b) Tom. 1. A NETTED-STONE. Defcribed by Baubinus (b) with 
P 3 28 - the Title of Frutlus reticulato cork : miftaking it for a Nut. 
The greater part of the Stone is of the fame fubftance with 
that of other Plum-ftones. But over this is fpread a netted 
Work of larg woody Fibers. It was brought from Guiney 3 
but it grows alfo in Virginia. 
Another WOODY STONE. A very great one 3 but 
ratably Ihort, fc. two inches long, and two and over, like 
a midling Pippin. Very little ftony, but all its outer part, 
at leaft, perfectly woody, or made up of a multitude of 
woody Fibers. The largeft whereof are prolonged from 
the Bafe to the Cone, aifociated all along by leffer ones run- 
ning betwixt them. 
A Third WOODY STONE. Almoit of the ihapc and 
bignefs of a Pigeons-Egg. But a little compreiTed. Tis 
cover'd 
