The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . Book IV. ijland of BARB AD OS. I The former are of a blunt conic Shape, having their Surface thicklyftudded with reddifh Knobs, each incricled with Two Rows of farina-ceous whitifh Duft : The Female Flowers are funnel-like Tubes, of a redColour, whofe thick Labia are much defledled back, and cut into Fifteenor Sixteen blunt Segments. This is fucceeded by a very flat round Fruit, deeply fegmehted into,generally, as many regular Divifions, or feparate Cells, each inclofing aSat Kernel. Thefe, if eaten, operate by way of Purge ; tho it forrictimes
The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . Book IV. ijland of BARB AD OS. I The former are of a blunt conic Shape, having their Surface thicklyftudded with reddifh Knobs, each incricled with Two Rows of farina-ceous whitifh Duft : The Female Flowers are funnel-like Tubes, of a redColour, whofe thick Labia are much defledled back, and cut into Fifteenor Sixteen blunt Segments. This is fucceeded by a very flat round Fruit, deeply fegmehted into,generally, as many regular Divifions, or feparate Cells, each inclofing aSat Kernel. Thefe, if eaten, operate by way of Purge ; tho it forrictimes provesan Emetic. This Tree is of very quick Growth, efpecially if pkhted in a fhadyPlace, and near a Spring of Water. The Trunk of one of thefe, planted in fuch a Situation, may be nowIcen at the Eftate of Richard EJlwick, Efq; and is not above Fifteen Yearsold, which girts round Nine Feet within Two Feet of the Earth ; and itsTop hath feveral Branches proportionably large. There is another at the Eftate of the Reverend Mr. Reynold Fofter^ theD
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