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fcnbcd by Bauhinus (a) with the Name of Ceratium Mono- 00 Lib. 12. 
a?aw/ hid i cum. But this here, is thrice as big as his, ? Tis 
ten inches long 5 in the middle, 4 3 over 3 both ends fome- 
what Oval. Very flat, fcarce above ; an inch where thick- 
er]: 5 the Belly level, the Back Convex and with a blunt 
Ridge. Of a dull ruflet, and all over rough with a great 
number of fmall Knobs. Its whole Cavity is filled up 
with one fingle Fruit 3 which Bauhinus not well examining, 
only calls it FruEtum ex fungofa quadam materie compaZium. 
Whereas it cbnfifteth chiefly of a wonderful Congeries of 
white Fibers 5 not produced by the length, or breadth, but 
the thicknefs of the Fruit, both ways, as the Teeth in a 
double Comb. The fpaces betwixt which arc filled up 
with duft or powder 3 which was originally, the fappy Pa- 
renchyma or Flelh of the Fruit. 
Another LOBE of the fame Species, but much lefs. 
A THICK LOBE from Virginea. Lobus ex Wingan- 
decaow. Not ill defcrib'd by Clufius. This here is not 
much above three inches and * long, an inch and I broad, 
and an inch thick. Vnciam denfus, faith Clufius improper- 
ly 3 that word not exprelling the Dimention, but clofenefs 
or little porolity of a Body. There are feme Lobes, faith 
Laet (b) of the fame Species, that are two or three times (k) Lib, 
the bignefs of This. c " 22 * 
A Ihort FIBROUS LOBE. I meet with the Descripti- 
on hereof no where 3 nor the Figure, excepting in BeJIerJ/) CO Tab. 1. 
by the Name of FruHus reticulato cork. Tis airnoit three 
inches long, an inch and * broad, near an inch thick. At 
one edge it is cut through by the length 3 where, if you 
try to fpread the fides open, it refirls, from its great fibro- 
fity, like a thick fturdy piece of tann'd Leather. Lined 
within with a moll fmooth and thin Membrane. The Ca- 
vity all over even, or without any Sepment : fhewing it to 
have been fill'd up with only one large Fruit* 
A Great SCALLOFD LOBE 3 or rather part of it. Of 
kin to that defenbed and figure! in Bauhinus (d) by the ^ Lib * 12 ; 
Name of Lobus Brafilianus ingens Si liquet Acacije forma. 
The whole Lobe, is above two feet long 3 where broader!, 
near four inches, flat 5 and compofed of fix or feven 
Joynts, as Bauhinus calls them 3 rather Cells, fo rounded 
or fcallop'd on both Edges , as to look like fo many 
Joynts, 
