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which latter is oblong, fomething flattened, refem- 
bling an Almond, wrapt up in a fuhica, which is 
covered with a hairy Coat of Fibres or Veflels, which 
together with the Pulp make up the Parenchyma of 
a Segment of the Fruit. The Leaves of the Tree 
are entire, fmooth like thofe of the Laurel , and 
grow oppofite to each other oil the Branches. The 
Stem of the Tree grows up ftraight to the Top of its 
Tuft, and its Branches and Twigs come out oppofite 
to one another like the Leaves, 
I know but one Species of this Gems, which ad- 
mits indeed of fome Variation, but without any other 
Mark than what appears in the Fruit. 
Mangoftans Garciae, Cluf. Bont. Arbor peregfina 
Aurantio Jimili frutfu. Cluf. exot. 12. Laur folia 
Javanen/ts C. B. Pin. 461. 
Its Description. 
The Mangoftans is a Tree of a very moderate 
Size. It does not grow above three Toifes (about 
eighteen Feet) high. Its Stem runs up ftraight to 
the Top of its Tuft, like the Fir. This Tuft is re- 
gular, in Form of an oblong Cone, compofed of many 
Branches and Twigs, fpreading out equally on all 
Sides, without leaving any Hollow. 
The Stem grows at Bottom to the Thicknefs of a 
Man’s Thigh, or about eight or ten Inches in Dia- 
meter ; it afterwards diminilhes in Thicknefs by De- 
grees up to the Tuft. Its Wood is white, as long as 
the Tree is growing, but browniih when the Tree 
is cut down and dry. Its Bark is a little tender, 
and feparates ealily from the Wood; it is of a dark 
H h i Grey 
