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Rays fquared off, of a Finder’s Breadth, or fometimes 
of an Inch in Diameter. The Rays of this little Rofe 
are molt frequently fix or feven in Number, but fel- 
dom of five or eight. Thefe Rays, by being thus 
fquared, form together a kind of Polygon : This is the 
Fart which had ferved for the Tube to the Ovary. 
The Body of this Fruit is a Capfula of one Ca- 
vity, compofed of a thick Shell, brittle, a little 
like that of a Pomegranate , but fofter, thicker,, 
and fuller of Juice. Its Thicknefs is commonly of 
three Lines: Its outer Colour is of a dark -brown Pur- 
ple, mixed with a little Grey and dark Green ; the 
inner Colour, that is to fay,, on the infide of the Cafe, 
is of a Rcfe Colour. Its Juice is purple. Laft of all this 
Skin is of aftyptick or aftringentTafte,like that of the 
Pomegranate ; nor does it flick to the Parts of the 
Fruit it contains. The inner Part of this Fruit is a 
furrowed Globe divided into Segments, much like 
thofe in an Orange, but unequal in Size, which do 
not adhere to each other. The Number of thefe Seg- 
ments is always equal •to that oft he Rays of the Tube 
which covers the Fruit. The fewer there are of thefe 
Segments, the bigger they are. There are often in the 
fame Fruit Segments as big again as any of thofe that 
are on the Side of them : Which will be eafily feen. 
in the Figure I have given of it. 
Thefe Segments are white, a little tranfparent, 
flelhy, membranous, fibrous, full of Juice like Cher- 
ries or Rasberries, of a Tafte of Strawberries and 
Grapes together. Each of the largefi Segments en=. 
clofes a Grain of Seed of the Figure and Size of an 
Almond ftripp’d of its Shell, having a Protuberance 
on one of its Sides, which is nothing elfe but its 
Navel. 
