ou our journey» embrace the opportunity of introducing c h a p ,
a fliort defcription of them. The tree on which this J*:;
fruit is produced is. about the fize of a large apple-tree,
and is very firait, and covered with a browniffi-coloured
bark; the twigs are flendef, arched, and knotty, producing
leaves .and a pod, which will be be# known by
the annexed representation, where A is the leaf of the
natural fize; B the extremity of the branch; C the fruit
green and unripe; JD the pulp, which is brown when in
perfection; and E the purple,kernels of*ftohes that are in-
clofed within ; it. The upper part of the leaves are a
darker green than underneath: upon the'whole, 'they
form a - very agreeable ffiade, on which account # e ta*
rnarind-trees are frequently planted in groves.
The male, and fediale. fpecies bear a remarkable difi»
finaion in thefr eolour; that o f the fijft having the
deepefi: hue. ij
I fhall not prefume to be minute with refpe£t to the
medicinal qualities of thefe or any othef vegetablein^ni,-
dna, which are as amply, as I believe juffiy deferred by
Dr. Baricroft, iq his letters to Dr. PiteatrmTelow uf thp
Royal College of Phyficiaps in London, exempt tf, mentioning
fuch efficacy as I have found them to poflefs by
my own ^ p |4epce, apd, which confifts in ,the pulp;
which when prefervedisa raoft delicious refrefhpient in
hot climates: it is a laxative, and when difl^ved with
water, makes a very cooling and agreeable beyerage, and
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