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kind, are very different. And for the Figure hereof, by 
fonie overfight, is placed that of a fort of Palme- Nut. 'Tis 
a fcarlet Fruit about as big as a Rounfeval Peas, and fome- 
■what flat. 
The LESSER AMERICAN-BEAN, About k of an 
inch broad, - almoft fquare, and very thick. The feat of the 
PlacentafahiQk 5 which reaches almoft half round the Bean. 
Here are preferved both Black ones, and of a Scarlet or 
Coralline colour. 
An ORBICULAR Indian PEAS, A large one, fc. * of 
an inch Diametre : of a fliining ftraw-colour, mixed with 
yellowifh Stria: as it were in rings: not much unlike 
the little round ftones wherewith Children play, called 
Marbles. 
Another ROUND Indian PEAS. About as big as the 
former, and alfo round. But fomewhat flat on both fides, 
as a Loaf. And of a whitifh colour. 
An OVAL Indian PEAS. A very large one, fc. near 
an inch long, and above ? an inch over 3 of a long Oval 
Figure, fo as to refemble a Sparrows Egg. But of a fhining 
blewifh alh-colour, like a Jafpis. Bauhinus (a) figures and 
defcribes a Fruit (or Seed) pretty like to this,with the Name 
of Phafeolus Ovo Columbine fere fimil'vs. But by his De- 
fcription it is neither of the Phafeokus, nor Fabaceous, but 
of the Peas-kind 3 as both This, and the two precedent 
ones, alfo are. The Char after i ft ick of which kind is, To 
have the Placenta, and fo the Seat of it, always verv 
fmall. 
The GUINEY-PEAS. Defcribed in Bauhinus by the 
Name of Pifum Americanum coccinem f. Abrus minus. Al- 
though the Abrus majus be of the Phafeolous kind. 'Tis 
of the bignefs of a young Peas, of an Oval (hape, and 
Scarlet colour, when frefti very pure^ and adorned upon 
the feat of the Placenta with a black fpot. Here are fome 
alfo of the fame fort, all over black. They grow in Mada- 
gafcar and China 3 where they eat them not, but only ufe 
them for weights. In £arc^e 3 fometimes for Necklaces and 
Bracelets for the Wrifts. 
The great CICtiE. Cicerruffus major. In Italy, Spain 
and France Cicbes are commonly fown (as Clover-Grafs) 
in the Fields. In fome parts of France, they ufe them not 
only medically, but for food. H h The 
