Part II. 
Of Berrys ', &c. 215 
So many of the above-faid Fruits, as are defcribed by 
Baubinus , or other Authors, are number d amongft Herbs, 
as if a fort of Beans. But by comparing them all toge¬ 
ther, and with the Fruit of the Scallop’d Lobe ; they appear 
to have been all included in the Lobes of feveral forts of 
Trees. 
The COD of the wild LOCUST of Virginia. Arbor.Lanif 
Species. Defcribed by (a) Ligon. The Cod fomewhat hard 00 K/?. 0/ 
and brittle. In length, * a foot 5 fharp at both ends,- in Elrb ‘ 
the middle an inch and i over. Convex on the back, the 
Belly plain. Fill’d with white Down, not like Cotton , but 
that of the Pappous kind of Plants, appendent origi¬ 
nally to the end of the Seed: but the Seeds are here 
wanting. 
A fort of SILK COTTON with the SEEDS. Given 
by Tb. Povey Efq ; . They feem to have been taken out of 
the Cod of a Tree which grows about Bantam 3 defcribed 
in Baubinus (b) out of Clufius, by the Name of Lanif era 
Arbor peregrina. That this Cotton is not fo white as that c ’ 15+ ' 
of Clufius, may proceed from Age, or fome difference in 
the Tree. ’Tis rather of the colour of raw Silk., and hath 
a glofs like it5 extream foft and fine, but not fo long as 
Cotton vcooll 5 and therefore unfit for Spinning. 
Of this Cotton I fuppofe ijic Cbinefes make their foft 
thin Paper. And it is probable, That many of our Englijh 
Plants yield a Down, which would be altogether as fit for the 
fame purpofe. Tis alfo ufed, by the Indians, inftead of 
Feathers, for the fluffing of Pillows. 
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