The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . ed, and of a dark-brown Branches are numerous, and very prickly, efpecially towards the thefe extend very long flat flender gramineous Twigs ; having oneach fide a great Number of very fmall Leaves, fet on alternately. From the Tops of the woody Branches, upon long green Footftalks,rife many yellow pentapetalous Flowers, out of whofe Difcus come feve-ral fhort Stamina^ whofe Apices are of a dark Brown. The Leaves in gene-ral are fomewhat wrinkled; and one above the reft is much defleded,black, and appears ftained with red Spo
The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . ed, and of a dark-brown Branches are numerous, and very prickly, efpecially towards the thefe extend very long flat flender gramineous Twigs ; having oneach fide a great Number of very fmall Leaves, fet on alternately. From the Tops of the woody Branches, upon long green Footftalks,rife many yellow pentapetalous Flowers, out of whofe Difcus come feve-ral fhort Stamina^ whofe Apices are of a dark Brown. The Leaves in gene-ral are fomewhat wrinkled; and one above the reft is much defleded,black, and appears ftained with red Spots. From ftrong Footftalks hang a great many Pods, black when ripe,including four, five, or fix blackifli oval Seeds, feparated from eachother by long Partitions. It is the Opinion of fome Roman Catholics, that our Saviours Crownof Thorns was made with the Branches of this Tree. Ihe Bean-Tree, or the Shrove-Tuesday ; Corallioden- dron. np HIS Tree is generally larger than moft Apple-Trees; widely fpread-^ ing its Branches on every Hand. I Thefe. Book VIII. Ijland 0/ B A R B A D O S. It is called Shrove-Tuefday from its never wanting Flowers by that are of a flaming Purple, and as they very thickly cover the Tree,they appear very beautiful, efpecially at that time, when the Tree is intire-ly void of Leaves. The Make of thefe Flowers is not lefs remarkable; for they cannot wellbe regiftred under any Botanical Clafs. Their firfl: Appearance being an intire falcated fmall Pod, when thisunfolds, it difcovers feveral long purple Stamina^ all joined to one com-mon broad Footftalk. Thefe are fucceeded by an hufky Pod, containing one, two, or more redfinall Beans, with a black Eye to them, Ihe Cocoa-Tree. THIS feldom grows to any great Height; and never thrives, unlefsmuch flieltered from the Roots are many, and the Bark of the Trunk, as well as its Branches,is of a whitifh Green. The Leaves are fet on alternately, and are about eight Inches long, andnear three broad,
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