Of Frkitr. , Par t II. 
A THIRD. Three quarters of an inch long 3 oneway, 
? of an inch over 3 another, K One fide, Concave 3 the 
other, Convex. The Margin pinched out into a fharpe 
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 
Avellana Indica. 'Tis alfo curioufly hgur'd m Calceolarius : 
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 Avellana Indica minor. And, 
0) Tom.r. 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 Ids 
portion, of a Alining 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 fieih or pulp whereof, they there 
make very good Conferves. 
(b) Tom. 1. A NETTED-STONE. Defcribed by Bauhinus (b) with 
P . 328. t j ie j lt j e Q £ p ru ft m re ticulato 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 5 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, alfociated all along by leffer ones run- 
ning betwixt them. 
A Third WOODY STONE. Almoft of thefhape and 
bignefs of a Pigeons-Egg. But a little compreffed. Tis 
cover 'd 
190 
