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PoiYOAillA LwsAi. 
crimson fig. 
BENgHALENSIS. 
within with the moft perfea crimfon!'”^^'^’ ^ tl'roughout, upon the lurface, and 
a.w!J:rh!rf:5;::^^ ^utisaweahand i., ntap-d one, 
purple Batk ; and the Le ’coIouV L h ^ 7' I ^ 
,^n, Shoot, aho. the inrettion/ of the 
which, by degrees, lengthen 1 and ^"7’ 
and pierce it i^ h f . 'he ground, 
p erce it, m the manner of natural Roots produc’d below the furftce Tl.; M 
. well acquainted, that there is a Fig-tree, whofe Branches droop to the e anh and 1 ““ 
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jui\?fLtSLr"‘‘^°f' palebrownifh grey: the Branches are in a manner 
ob^f , f r 'hemfeRes are of a handfome lhape, oval, undivided and 
cbtufe Jhey are of a firm fubftance, and of a deep and ftrong green colour, d erfifi d 
: "S”; ’ "'f' ■’r'- '™''“ 
regard, if „ never fruited with us, for they are very elegant, and they are ever green. 
frouMhftonchr'l^i^ fizeof ourmofl common Fig, but round; and it grows 
Brandies in the fame manner, no Flower having preceded. 
the Shrub wlfclard°VvenI'^t'rbT’ 'hat 
Cryptogamia Til ;r -i'h ferns and mofi'es amon. tlie 
AnLfstew, ^ t [I temov’d.^he 
of fruit upon the oarden kind 7' ^ Caprificus, was necclTiry to the ripening 
derfiandtLcourlrlfltllwIlVill 'he modern Botanifis to un^ 
malylrwi!: "'771. " P^°P"'^ “ juicy Cup, containing 
hot upon theCaprSus rl,er°"77 aphrodite, or Female^ 
'he maleVallifnefia, only diLil V " ''m Capnheus is the fame Species; as is 
'he charaaer of the cla/cll 77^,'" P'ot^o-^'o" °h hmply male Flowers. This is 
the common Fia will nor w H • ° '’2’^"’“' Without thefe male Flowers, the Seeds of 
and tfcuicnt. Youim trer .• 17 ^^'^ '■ '' hecomes pulpv, foft 
h-um tlie male Pknt^ an l' " ' have been impregn.it. J 
tant , and not from thofe of others. 
loi,is ovaii, in.rgcrrimis obiufis, cauU iaferno rsUicaio. 
■ -iff dV - ^ 
Erngal Fig. 
