Of Nuts. Part II. 
The DATE-NUT, qu. Nucidatlylus. I find it neither 
defcribed nor figur d by any Author. 'Tis above two 
inches long 3 near the Stalk, above an inch over 3 towards 
the top near two, being belly 'd like a Tear. Along one 
fide, a little ridged. The Stalk cover'd with a whitifh 
Down, like a Quinces. The outward Skin of a dusky Bay, 
fmooth, foft, and thin. Next under this is a Work^ of Fibers, 
not produced, as in other Fruits, by the length, but ftanding 
bolt upright, like the file of Velvet, about a * of an inch 
in depth 3 or rather, like the Briflles upon a Hogs back. 
So that the outward Skin being taken off, the Fruit looks 
and feels like a round Scrubing-Brujh. Thefe Fibers are 
continuous all round about with the next Cover, which is 
of a woody fubftance, and very tough , about * of an 
inch thick. Next within this Cover or Rind, is contained 
a foft and light fubftance, which, by the fpace it hath left, 
appears to have been originally a very fkfhy and fappy 
part. Within This lies the Stone, about as big as a young 
Pigeons- Egg. This Stone is not hollow, like others, but 
altogether folid, like the Stone of a Date, and is within of 
the fame whitifh, denfe, and horny fubftance : from whence 
I have taken leave for the Name. At the top of the Stone 
is formed, like as in a Nutmeg, a little round Cell, in which 
the true Seed is contained, no bigger than a midling Pins 
head. 
A TWIN DATE-NUT of the fame Species. 
A THIRD, a fingle one, with the outward Rind taken 
off, whereby the faid brifly Fibers are confpicuous. 
A CACAW-NUT. Given by Francis Willughby Efq 5 . 
Tis five inches long 3 and about two, over 3 (haped like a 
Garden-Cucumer 3 but the Stalk-end a little flenderer. Now 
it is dry, angular with five wrinkled and black Ribs an inch 
broad. The fpaces between, half as broad, fmooth, and 
of a redilh Bay : the blacknefs of the Ribs proceeding alfo 
from a fuller and deeper Red under the Skin 3 as in many 
other Fruits : or as Scarlet Blood makes blew Veins. Within 
the Rind are contained about fifteen or twenty Kernels, 
near as big as a Garden-Bean, but fmaller at one end 3 fome- 
what like a little Birds Heart. Yet the fhape, I fuppofe, in 
different Nuts, may have fome variaton. 
Another CACAW-NUT, like the former 3 given by 
Mr. John Short. This 
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