2o6 Of Nuts. Part II- 
A WALNUT fhaped like a Pear. Whether mon- 
ftrous, or of any Species, is uncertain. Tis two inches 
long, at one end * of an inch thick or over, and the other, 
above an inch. 
Another, with one Concave of the Shell twice as big as 
the other. 
A Third, with a Shell compofed of three Valves or 
Plates, 
A NUT, . which feems to be a fort of Indian Filbert. I 
find it hot defcrib'd. Of a triangular Figure, one greater 
lide fubtended to two leffcr. The Safe * an inch thick 5 
an inch and I long, or wide 5 from thence to the Cone as 
much. 1 Of a brown alh-colour 5 and ruged all round 
about by the diltribution of a great number of Fibers. 
Only the true Bafe, by which it joyned to the Husk, is 
fmooth 3 and, as that of a Filbert , cleavable along the 
middle. 
The HAZLE-NUT of New England. Neither is this 
defcrib'd. Here is a Box of them. They are fhorter, and 
broader, than the common fort 5 the point deprefled, and 
the Bafe more produced. In colour, both alike. 
HAZLE-NUTS, fome three , and fome four growing 
together. 
The NUT called MEHEMBETHENE. It grows upon 
a fmall Tree, like a Hajle, in New Spain. Defcnbed in 
(a) Lib. 3. Baubinus. (a) Tis fomewhat Oval, an inch and* long, T ds 
c 3 6 - over. Divided by a triangular partition into three Cells, for 
the lodging of fo many Kernels. 
The BARBADO-NUT. The Fruit, in truth, of a kind 
(b) U&Hift.°£ Plum-Tree, {b) Yet the Name prevailing, I have placed 
cfBarb.p.67. it here. Dcknbcdin Bauhinus, Wormius, and others by the 
Name of Avellana furgatrix Americana f. Ben magnum 
(c) Muf. Me die or um vulgb : (c) but not well. 'Tis about the big- 
Wormian. mefs of a mherU The jj^jj blackil]lj ^ and brittle, and 
fomewhat angular. Within, there is a white foft Body, 
commonly, but falfly fuppofed to be the Kernel. For this 
Body is not divided, as are all Kernels, into two diftinct 
Lobes, but is one entire part. Yet fo as to have fome little 
hollownefs in the middle, capable to lodge a very thin 
Filme. This Filme, is the true Kernel, coniilting not only 
of two large and perfect Leaves ( anfwerable to the two 
Lobes 
