The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . e numerous thread-like Filaments, which may without Labour bepeeled from the Body of this Tree. Thefe Fig-trees grow in the Rajl aswell as the Weft-Indies, ^uintus Cu7tius^ in his Account of AlexandersExpedition to the Indies^ excellently defcribes it. Had both the Indiesbeen fo well known fomc Centuries ago as they are now, that Authorwould not have been (at leaft in this Inftance) thought fabulous. HisWords are thefe : Sylv£ erant prope immenfum fpatiuin diffufae^ procerifque & in eximiamaltitudinem editis arhoribus umbrofce. Plerique rami inf
The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . e numerous thread-like Filaments, which may without Labour bepeeled from the Body of this Tree. Thefe Fig-trees grow in the Rajl aswell as the Weft-Indies, ^uintus Cu7tius^ in his Account of AlexandersExpedition to the Indies^ excellently defcribes it. Had both the Indiesbeen fo well known fomc Centuries ago as they are now, that Authorwould not have been (at leaft in this Inftance) thought fabulous. HisWords are thefe : Sylv£ erant prope immenfum fpatiuin diffufae^ procerifque & in eximiamaltitudinem editis arhoribus umbrofce. Plerique rami infiar ingentium Jli-pitum fiexi in humum, rurfusy qua fe curvaverant^ erigebafitur^ adeo utfpedes ejfet non rami refurgentis^ fed arbor is ex fua radice generates. Quint. Curt. Lib. IX. The Stopper-Berry Treey Lat, Malpighia. ^ I ^ HIS grows to be a confiderable large Tree. Its Bark is of a whitifh-red, and fcaly, often dropping off in Flakes; the upper Branches arethickly cloathcd with deep-green fmooth (hining Leaves, of about three Inches. Book VII. IJland <?/BARBADOS. Inches long, and near two broad ; thefe are generally fet on in Pairs. Fromthe Bofom^ of the Leaves rife a great many Pedicles fupporting fmall whiteFlowers; thefe are fucceeded by Berries black when ripe ; of about the Big-nefs of a black Cherry, or rather larger and flatter; the Pulp is of a fweet-ifli Tafte ; this furrounds a greenifli foft Kernel 3 the Fruit is eaten byMen as well as by feveral Kinds of Birds. Ihe Bully-Berry Tree. HIS is a very durable Timber-tree, growing fo large as often toexceed feventy Feet in Height; the Bark is of a rough rugofe Tex-ture; the Leaves are fmooth, thick, and of a fhining-dark Green. TheFruit, which fucceeds a fmall white Flower, is round, and of a golden Colour,having a fmall Corona at the Top : The Inflde is of a milky, clammySubftance, and very fweet. This thick Pulp furrounds two dark, red-dilh, flat Stones, very much refembling the Seed of a Sappadillo ; thegrea
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