Part II. 
Of Berry &c. 
So many of the above-faid Fruits, as are defcribed by 
Bauhinus, or other Authors, are numbered amongft Herbs, 
as if a fort of Beans. But by comparing them all toge- 
ther, and with the Fruit of the Scallop d Lobe ; they appear 
to have been all included in the Lobes of feverai forts of 
Trees. 
The COD of the wild LOCUST of Virginia. Arbor. Lanif. 
Species. Defcribed by (a) Ligon. The Cod fomewhat hard 00 W> c f 
and brittle. In length, * a foot 5 fharp at both ends, in Barb ° 
the middle an inch and * over, Convex on the back, the 
Belly plain. FilFd with white Down, not like Cotton, but 
that of the Pappous kind of Plants , appendent origi- 
nally to the end of the Seed : but the Seeds are here 
wanting. 
A fort of SILK COTTON with the SEEDS. Given 
by Th. Pouey Efq$. They feem to have been taken out of 
the Cod of a Tree which grows about Bantam 3 defcribed 
in Bauhinus (b) out of Clufius, by the Name of Lanif era C^) Lib. 30 
Arbor peregrina. That this Cotton is not fo white as that c ' 154 ' 
of Clufius, may proceed from Age, or fome difference 111 
the Tree. Tis rather of the colour of raw Silk^, and hath 
a glofs like it 5 extream foft and fine, but not fo long as 
Cotton wooll 3 and therefore unfit for Spinning. 
Of this Cotton I fuppofe the Cbinefes make their foft 
thin Paper. And it is probable, That many of our Englijb 
Plants yield a Down, which would be altogether as fit for the 
fame purpofe. Tis alfo ufed, by the Indians, inftead of 
Feathers, for the fluffing of Pillows. 
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