PLANTS, with the several Parts of them.

A Noble Collection of above 800 dryed Plants, wherein are many very rare Foreign ones collected by my honoured Friend Dr. John Nicholson of Yorke, and presented to me by his Relict: I shall enumerate some of those that I take to be more rare, as they occur in the Book, Geranium Creticum, or Candia Cranes-Bill; Brassica marina, Sea Colwort; Argemone lutea Cambro-Britannica, yellow, wide Bastard-Poppy of Wales; Urtica Romana, Roman Nettle; Lamium Americanum, Archangel of America; Clematis Panoniæ, Bush-bower; Horminum Clusii, Clusius's wild Clary; Nigella Romana, Roman Fennel Flower; Rubarb from Spain and Candia; Flamula Jovis, Virginian Lady Bower; Lysimachia lutea Virginiana, Tradescant's Tree Primrose; Genista Hispanica, Spanish Broom; Flos Adonis, Adonis's Flower; Cancalis Hispanica, Spanish Bastard Parsley; yellow Arabian Mustard; Spanish Gum Succory; Faba Veterum, Greek Bean; Cerinthe Plinii, Pliny's red Honey Wort; Nasturtium Indicum; American strange white Dasy; Spanish Catchfly; Thlaspi Dioscoridis; Mentastrum tuberosum Clusii, Horminum Creticum; Lychnis Chalcedonica, or single White Flower of Constantinople; Lysimachia Virginiana maxima; Melilotus Italica; Flos Africanus minor; Cnicus Clusii; Scabiosa Indica; Lychnis viscosa Italica; Telephium legitimum Imperati; Betonica major Daniæ; Noli me tangere vel Persicaria Siliquosa; Impatient codded Arsmart; Palangium Virginianum Tradescanti; Camelina; Hedysarum legit. Clusii; Malva Hispan; Virga Aurea Arnoldi; Pimpinella America; Cicularia Palustris; Panax Coloni; Linaria Alpina; Cacalia Americana; Melissa Molucca; Agnus Castus; Doronium Americanum; Dulcamara Virgin. Absynthium Austriacum; Oxis Indica; Plumbago Plinii; Melissa Turcica; Eryngium Monspeliense; Solanum magn. Virg. Eupatorium Amerc. Reseda Italica; Aster Virginianus; Petrosolinum Macedonicum; Balsamina fœmina; Doria Virg. Cirium Montanum; Scabiosa Indica; Botrys Americana; Seseli Æthiopicum frutex; Jasminum Americanum; Halinus Latifolius; Mentha Germanica; Amomum Virginian. Phalangium Creticum; Polium montanum album; Lobus Creticus; Hedera Virginiana two Sorts; Meum Italicum; Larustinus Lusitanica; Rhus Choriaria; Ficus Indica (Indian Fig), Ischæmon Indicum; Origanum Canadense; Thlaspi supinum Creticum; Sena Indica vera; Scorpoides Mathioli; Chrysanthemum Valentinum; Doronicum majus Officinarum; Hyosciamus Creticus; Aparine major Plinii; Arbor Vitæ; Holostium Mathioli; Gramen Pernassi; Anagallis aquatica Lobelii (3 & 4 Sorts); Thlaspi fruticosum insanum Mechlen; Lotus arbor (Nettle Tree); Anthillis Hispanica; two Sorts of Scorpion Grass; Arbor Judæ (Judas's Tree;) Hypericum Lobelli; Pomum amoris; Melissa molucca; Apocynum Americ. Jasminum Americ. Syringa alba; Alsine bac. Virginiana; Locusta (the Locust Tree); Aster racemosus Virg. muscus Cupressi; Alcea Cretica; Libanontis (Herb Frankincence) Natrix Plinii; Mirabile Peruvianum; Tragoriganum Creticum; Trachelinum Americ. Jasminum Catalonicum; Nux Staphyllodendrum; Herba mimosa (Sensible Plant;) Trifolinm fragiferum, Mr. Goodyer's Marsh-Saxifrage; The Irish Strawberry Tree; Herba Paris, with five Leaves.

Those which follow shall be reduced so far as I am able, because of the different Names of the same Plant in several Authors, to the accurate Method of the Learned Dr. Sloane, in his Catalogus Plantarum in Insula Jamaica; by whose Kindness I am furnished with 30 different Sorts of these very rare exotic Plants; others were brought me from the same Island by Mr. Sam. Kirkshaw Merchant.

Corallina Opuntiodes, and the Corallina major, called also Bandstrings from the Fashion; both from Jamaica. The Arbuscula Coralloides of Clusius from the Coasts of Norway. Don. Jab. Cay M D. Several Sorts of the Coralline Shrubs, incrustated Plants, from the English Shore: But the most curious of them is that Corallina alba, discovered by the ingenious Mrs. Ward of Gisburgh in Yorkeshire. Others Submarine Plants of different Colours and Substance, growing upon Stones. Warted Sea-wrack, with greater and lesser Bags, or Vesicular Knobs. ... A pounced Plant, two Inches broad and half a Foot long, part folded up; it grows upon a Rock, or rather is fastned to it, for they receive no Nourishment from the Rock, but the Sea Water, and such Nutritive Bodies as it is impregnated with.

A great Sea Fan above a Yard high, and in some Parts two Foot and half broad, of a very fine Texture. Other lesser Fans as well as the more open, as of the closer Net-work; one without the Crust; to some of these are fixed the Nests of a certain Insect, as small as a Bean or Pea. One with stronger Purple Stems, they grow at the Bottom of the Sea in all the hot West-Indies (f)(f) Dr. Sloane's Nat. Hist. of Jamaica, p. 56., and are used to fan the richer Sort, when they eat, and to keep away Gnats and Muscato's. Small yellow Flowers from the Norway Coasts. Don. D. Sus. Maddox. Sea-blobber. Spunge. Different Sorts of Fungus. Oryza, Rice an Ear of it, as it grows in Jamaica; it is used not for Food only, but Drink, even an inebriating Liquor called Arack being made of it (g)(g) Idem. p. 104.. Millium Indicum, or Guinea Corn of Dampier. An Ear of Virginian Wheat, the Stem is about two Inches round, the Ear (composed of many small Branches) half a Foot long, the Grain as small as the former. Don. Hen. Pierse Barti. Two prodigious long Ears of Wheat that grew at Birshall near Leedes, which have Out-branches from the main Stem. A Stalk of Oats with about 200 Grains in the Ear, that grew at Leedes. Some of the supposed Wheat that came down in a hasty Shower near Leedes 29 May 1681. and of that rained 26 July 1702, different from the former, and both from real Wheat, being Seeds of Ivy-berries (h)(h) Phil. Trans. N° 186., or other Plants hoarded up by the Birds.

Several Spikes, or Heads of Mayz or Indian Wheat, most are about a Span long, and consist of 8 Rows, in each of which are usually above 30 Grains (i)(i) Id. N° 142. by Governour Winthorp. : But here is one that hath 47 in a Row yet remaining, but by the Sockets it appears to have had above 50. In the Northern Parts they have a peculiar Kind called Mohauks Corn that is less. Here is one that I take to be of this Sort, which, tho' at its full Growth is but half the Bigness of the former, yet hath it twelve Rows, and in each of them 32 Grains. The most usual Colours of Mayz are white or yellow; but there are also of Red, Blue, Olive, Greenish, Black, Speckled and Striped; most of which Colours I have in one single Ear, they are therefore only Varieties, not distinct Sorts. Mr. Will. Tolson gave me one that he raised at Leedes, of Seed that he brought from those Parts of the World: In this the Beard is visible, which is not in those that are full grown. It is said to grow six or eight Foot in Height, but my Friend brought me one from Pensylvania that is 12 or 13 Foot long, with a Sort of Flowry Excrescence or Particle at the Top; it is jointed like a Sugar Cane. Don. Aar. Atkinson.

Feather-Grass the Gramen Plumosum of Jo. Bauhinus. A few Joints of a Sugar Cane.

A Reed from Virginia of 13 Joints, the Internodia from 2 ½ Inches to half a Foot in Length. Don. D. Fr. Place.

A Rush, that by the frequent transverse Partitions seems a Kin to the Juncus cyperoides creberrime geniculatus.

Ricinus Americanus (the first of Dr. Sloane's (k)(k) Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 38., the Fruit of the Nambuguacu (l) or Oylnut-Tree; the Oil is not used for Lamps only, but in Medicine; it is of the Bigness of a Horse Bean, smooth and glossy, (l) Dr. Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 217.Ash-coloured with black Specks. The American Physick-nut (m)(m) Hugh's Amer. Physician, p. 81., of the like Size, but dark brown, with white Veins where cracked. Ricinus Americanus tenuiter diviso folio, this is the entire Fruit, including in distinct Cells, three of the Seeds. Nux vomica, this is a thin, flat, white Fruit, an inch and half round. The Bark of the Root of a Tree from Mevis in the West-Indies; the Planters give it to their Slaves for a Vomit, a Thimbleful is a Dose. Don. D. Faire Pharm. Lond. The Root of Cassada from St. Thomas's Island. It was some Matter of Wonder to me, to think how many People, perhaps one 4th Part of the Inhabitants of the whole Earth, should venture to eat Bread made only by baking the Root of Cassada, which is one of the rankest Poisons in the World both to Man and Beast, when raw (n). (n) Dr. Sloane's Introd. Nat. Hist. of Jam, p. 25.

Nicotiana major Latifolia, Tobacco, a Branch of it, the Leaves and Stem as it grows. Don. A. Atkinson. From the West-Indies it was propagated to the East-Indies, and in all Places hath very much betwitched the Inhabitants from the more polite Europeans to the barbarous Hottentots (o)(o) Id. Nat. Hist. of Jamaica. p. 146.. It was brought into England by Sir Francis Drake, An. 1586. the Portuguese call it Herba Santa, because it is a Counter-Poison. The Seed of Tobacco, bright brown, and extreamly small; it is mixed with five Times as much Ashes when it is sown. Here are also Samples both of the Hyoscyamus Peruanus, and of the English Tobacco. Yorkshire Hemlock, eleven Foot high, though heedlesly cut down at a Distance from the Root. Also Mallows full three Inches broad from the same Place. Don. D. Tho. Rayner de Brotherton.

Leguminous Herbs. Phaseolus maximus perennis, or the Great Bean of Jamaica. The Small red spotted Bean. The Jamaica white Peas, like our Rouncivals. The white Bonavist or Egg-Pea; it hath a Milk white Hilus or Eye almost surrounding it. The red Bonavist is somewhat less. The largest white Phaseolus with a black Eye, commonly called the Horse-Bean. These are the 1st, 2d, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th, in Dr. Sloan's Nat. Hist. of Jamaica, where the Plants are most curiously engraved. Sir Robert Sibbald's Nux Indica ex qua Pyxides pro pulvere sternutatorio parant; the mealy Part is taken out of this at the Hilus in order to its being made a Snuff-Box: They grow beyond Mount Diablo in Jamaica, and are cast on Shore on the Orkney Isles (p)(p) Phil. Trans. N° 222.. As also is the Phaseolus Brasilianus, call'd in Jamaica the Horse Eye Bean, from the black Ledge that almost surrounds it; it is better than an Inch Diameter, and of a dark Colour: They are sometimes tip'd with Silver, and worn for Buttons (q)(q) Dr. Sloane's Nat. Hist. of Jamaica. the 8th and 9th.. Another Sort, larger, compress'd and lighter coloured; the Hilus is not now black. Phaseolus maritimus semine fusco striato, the Sea-Bean, oval, brown, with Clay coloured Spots, dangerous to eat. Phaseolus Glycyrrhizites, or wild Liquorice. A round Scarlet Pea, adorned with a black Spot upon the Seat of the Placenta; they are stringed and worn as Bracelets: They grow also in Madagascar and China, where they use them as Weights (r)(r) Dr. Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 233. It is Dr. Sloane's 12th, and the preceding his 10th.. Some of them are said to be black all over, which may account for some of that Colour and Size, sent me under the Name of Indian Shott. One of a much larger Kind, that is half Scarlet, and half Black; it weighs 14 of the said small Guiney Peas. Those that are called the French Beans, both of the red, and of the white, from Jamaica. A lesser Sort of Kidney, brown striked with black. Two Pods of the Callavance, or Jamaica red Peas, the Cods are of a dark reddish Colour with a Swelling over every Pea, which seem to be small, of the Bigness of our Vetches. This is the 18th of Dr. Sloane. The Phaseolus erectus major. Here are also the small Gallivant Peas, or perhaps the Phaseolus erectus minor, not so big as the least Field Pea, white with a black Eye. Arachidna Indiæ utriusq; tetraphylla, Earth-nuts or Pindalls; they are brought from Guinea to feed the Negroes with in their Voyage from thence to Jamaica.

Ananas, a Leaf of the Pine-Apple-Tree of Dampier, the Fruit is used by Way of Desert. Alcea maxima fructu pentagono, a Pod of the long Okra, of a Piramidal Form, but slender. Alcea maxima fructu decagono; this Okra is of the same Form, but considerably thicker, being near half a Foot round; it contains many small Seeds, in ten long Cells. Both these Sorts were given me by Mr. Sam. Kirkshaw, and are excellently figured in Dr. Sloan's Nat. Hist. Tab. 133.

Cucurbita Sphærica, a large round Gourd, two Feet in Circumference, dark coloured. Some Gourds are so big, that cut in two they serve for Paniers (s)(s) Nat. Hist. Jam. p. 225.. Cucurbita longa Recurva; it is of a Straw Colour polished, 7 ½ Inches round where thickest, and 13 long. Cuc. lagenaria minima, the round Part about the bigness of a Tennis-Ball; a smaller of a darker Colour. The inner Rind of a larger Gourd; these are often used as Vessels for Gumms, rather than Earth or Wood (t)(t) Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 230.. The Seeds of Gourds, flat and oval, black, red and white; they are sometimes mistaken for Coloquintida, the Shells for some Time giving a Purging Quality to any Thing put into them. Colocynthis Belly-ach Weed.

Aloe folio mucronato, the Fibres wrought like Hemp, near eight Foot long: The Indians with these Threads have broken Prisons and Chain of Iron (u)(u) Dr. Sloan's Nat. Hist. p. 247, rubbing the same Place with fresh Threads, as the former breaks. Cloth is made hereof, little inferiour to Linen, and Nets to fish withal. At the End of every Leaf grows a sharp Point like an Awl, that is used for a Needle to sow withal; one of the Leaves with the said Needle-like Point, from the Hortus Botanicus at Chelsea.

TREES, with their Fruits, &c.

THEThe Manchinel Apple, fair to look upon, on the Tree, but so rank a Poison, that the Land-Crabs feeding upon them will poison such as do eat them, though they are innocent enough of their own Nature. The Cannibal Archers poison herewith their Arrows, with which, if they do but draw Blood, the Wound is incurable; they flourish all the Year, having Blossoms, green Fruit, and ripe on them, at the same Time (x)(x) Hugh's Amer. Phys. p. 87.. Juniper Wood from Prussia.

A Coco-Nut. A larger, Don. D. Briggs. Part of the Husk. A Nut entirely surrounded with the thick fibrous Cover, half a Yard in Circumference. Don. D. Guil. Thornton Mil. Another near two Foot round, which is the largest Sort (a)(a) Hugh's Amer. Phys. p. 61., the Rind is nigh an Inch thick, saith the same Author; but this is above an Inch and half, near two in one Part. An Oval Coco-Nut-shell, five Inches long, cut for a Cup. An Orbicular Shell, cut for the like Purpose, near four Inches Diameter. The Coco is one of the most useful Trees in the World, out of whose Husk all Manner of Ropes and Cables are made; of the Shells, Ladles, Wine Bottles, &c. The inmost Cover is eaten as a very pleasant Meat, its Liquor drunk as a clear, sweet, and cool Drink; from hence also they obtain their pleasant Sura; this standing an Hour in the Sun becomes good Vinegar: Of it also they make their Brandy (after it is distill'd) which is the first Running, and their Wine which is the second: From hence also they have a Sort of brown Sugar called Jagra, from the Kernel when fresh they press a Milk, used with all their Rice-Meats; of the dried Kernel they make Oil both to east and to burn: Of the Leaves of the Trees are made Sails for Ships, Covers of Houses and Tents, and Summer Hats. Of the Wood they make Ships without Nails, sewing the several Parts together with the Cords made of the Husks of the Net (b)(b) (a) Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 199..

The Kernels of the Coco-nut, of which Chocolate is made, small at one End, about the Size of Almonds, but not so flat. In some Parts of the West-Indies, these Cacaos pass for Monies, and are given to the Poor; and with the Chocolate the Indians treat Noble Men that pass through their Country. Don. E. Tyldsley.

Of the inner Rinds of the Lagetto Tree, are made Mantles (c)(c) Sloan's Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 137.. My honoured Friend Dr. Sloan gave me a Specimen of this, that raises the Admiration of all that behold it, being like a delicate fine Gaws or Crape, woven by the greatest Artist. Musk-berries, and a String of them. Don. D. Sam. Kirkshaw. Hazel-nuts, two and three (triorchis) growing together. A Cluster of 15 grown Nuts from Holbeck in this Parish. Don. D. Tho. Kitchingman Alderm. Leod. Another of 40 Nuts (but not full grown) sent me by my Lord Fairfax's Sister, from Denton, where they grew. A Hazel-Nut that grew at Theobalds, near 40 Years ago; it is three Inches round.

Indigo. Coral Arbor. Scarlet Beans from Jamaica, about the Bigness of Kidney Beans. A Branch of the Corallium nigrum better than half a Yard long, dark coloured and smooth, little thicker than a Goose Quill. Lobus Echinatus fructu flavo (d)(d) Idem, pag. 144.: One Orbicular, and deep Yellow; the other more oval and lighter Colour. Another fructu cæsio; two of the Ash-coloured Nichars: These, though originally from Jamaica, are frequently cast upon the Scotch Islands (e)(e) Phil. Trans. N° 222..

A Pod of the Cassia Fistula of the Shops, that comes from Egypt it is smooth, and two Inches round. The Cassia Fistula Americana, or Cassia Brasiliana. This rare Plant (Don. D. Jab. Cay M. D.) is three Inches above half a Yard in length, and five in Circumference; is curiously vein'd from End to End; it is Piso's Tapyracoynana.

Christa Pavonis, a Pod of the Wild Sena, or Spanish Carnation or Flower-Fence of Barbadoes. Cor Divi Thomæ, a dark coloured Lobe in the Form of a Heart. Quæ. Whether the Fruit of the Mountain Ebony, the Arbore di S. Thomaso (f)(f) Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 150., Arnotto, Lignum Asbestinum, or the Roucou; thin Shells or Husks with Seeds, smaller than a Vetch, and when fully ripe of a Crimson, or dark red Colour: The Native Indians paint their Bodies with it, thinking it makes them look more terrible in Battel (g)(g) Hugh's Arm. Ph. p. 56.. Acasia Americana Aldin; it is a Pod of a Sort of wild Tamarinds. Others like thereto, given me under the Name of Popanax; the Tree hath so terrible sharp Prickles, that Tradition says, our Saviour's Crown of Thorns were made of them. Another Sort of Acasia arborea major Spinosa; this wreathed Cod strictly answers Dr. Sloane's Description, Siliquis varie intortis (h)(h) Cat. Jam. Plant. p. 152.. The Sensible Plant, Herba mimosa, vel herba casta Americana, both the Plant it self, and two of the Pods, which are small, and have little black Seeds, when the Leaves of the Plant are touch'd, they presently fall down, whence the Name of Sensible Plant (i)(i) Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 234.. A Cod with the Wool and Seeds of the Cotton Shrub; it is trivalvous, not unlike a Tulip. Another larger with four Leaves: Of these are made the fine Callicoes, &c. Silk-Cotton with the Seeds; this is not so white as the other, (nor are the Seeds black) but rather of the Colour of raw Silk, and hath a Gloss like it; it is extream soft and fine. Of this, it is supposed, the Chineses make their soft, thin Paper; and it is probable many of our English Plants yield a Down that would be altogether as fit for the same Purpose (k)(k) Idem, p. 215..

Canella alba, the Bark of the wild Cinnamon Tree from Jamaica; the Seed of it, being the last Arbor bacifera Aromatica of Dr. Sloane (l)(l) Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 165.. A Piece of the Root of the true Cinnamon Tree, brought from the East-Indies, by Mons. Herman the late Botanick Professor at Leyden. Don. Jab. Cay M. D. A Branch of Cloves. Don. D. Ha. Sloane, M. D. & R. S. Sec. Nutmegs enclosed in Mace as they grow. Don. D. R. Dixon Lond. Coffee-Berries, the Plant is well described in the Phil. Trans. N° 208. and in N° 256, is a very handsome Discourse of its first Use amongst the Arabians and Turks, and since, the Europeans: Of its Vertues and Political Uses, read before the Royal Society, by my late Friend Mr. John Houghton, who computes that the three Kingdoms expends yearly therein 20586 Pounds; which, if all sold in Coffee-Houses, would amount to 61740 Pounds. But to return to the West-Indies, Chr. Gale Esq; sent me from North-Carolina some dried Yawpon, which the Indians in those Parts use for Thea, but is not very agreeable to the Generality of English Palates; the Form of the Leaf is not unlike that of Box. The Date-stone altogether solid. The Fruit of the Palm-Tree yielding Wine and Oil.

Three Plates of a Palmeto-Leaf, a Foot long and 1 ¼ Inch broad; these by a Hole punched at each End, seem to have been filed with others to compose a Book: The Arabians and Indians make use of these to write upon; by Impression with a Stile, here is one three Quarters of a Yard long that is so writ upon. The great Mammee Fruit, it is six Inches round, flat on one Side; and convex on the other, very rugged; whereas the Mammea Sapota is smooth and polished. The Fruit of the Myrobolamus. The Stone of the yellow Plumb of Jamaica; it is three Inches round, and overspread with a netted Work of fine woody Fibres closely interwoven. Sope-Berries, the Fruit of the Prunifera Racemosa, washing as white as any Castile Soap (m)(m) Phil. Trans. N° 36., but they rot the Linen in Time; they are as big as Musket Bullets; the Negroes constantly wash with them. Pomifera seu prumifera Indica nuce reniforma; the Cashew in Shape almost like a Hares Kidney; the Oil is excellent to cure malignant Ulcers, and the Kernels accounted so great a Dainty, that for their Sakes the Natives sometimes go to War, the Victor keeping possession of the Place till they have pluck'd the Trees upon it all clean (n)(n) Grew, p. 215..Ficus Indica, the Indian Fig. The Fruit of the Red Guavaga Tree, brown with black Stripes, round as a Gall, (of which Ink is usually made,) but somewhat bigger (o)(o) Hugh's Amer. Physic. p. 44.. Malus Granata vel Punica, the Pomgranate, it grows in the Hedges at Jamaica. Anona maxima, the Sour-Sop, or prickled Apple of Ligon. The Bully, the Fruit of a different Anona, somewhat larger than the former. Arbor cucurbitifera Americana, the Calabash, one better than half a Foot Diameter: A lesser Triangular black Calabash, cut for a Cup. The Flagon Calabash; it hath a Head near a Foot round, and a Belly above half a Yard in Circumference, divided by a short Neck, somewhat resembling an old fashion'd Flagon; it is of its Native Straw Colour. Malus Aurantia: A String of thirty young Oranges from Jamaica, where they grow naturally in the Woods, in Orange-Bay There are no other Trees than these, which stand so thick, that they almost touch one another for many Miles (p)(p) Idem, p. 46..

Having thus dispatched such as are mentioned in the accurate Calatalogus Plantarum Jamaic. Mader. Barbadoes, &c. and those I could reduce thereto, I shall proceed to others that I could not, or have since been received. The Rose of Jericho, a dry and ligneous Plant, all the Branches whereof are crumpled and closed up together, yet if infused in Water, will expand it self, as this did, three Inches. Some Imposters choose to make the Experiment on Christmas-Eve, to make the Credulous believe it will only spring at that Time; whence it is by some call'd the Angelical, or the Christmas-Rose. The Gift of Seignor Altchribel, who brought it from the Desart of Judea. He gave me also a Rod, from a Mountain in Arabia, inaccessible, save to the Natives, who pretend it is sprung from Moses's Rod. And also a Sample of the Wood from Mecca, of which the Turks make Tooth-Brushes. Manna gathered in the Wilderness, where the Children of Isræl travelled. Don. Ric. Hey Merc. Leod. A Cone of Cedar, said to be from Libanus. A Fragment of the Wood of the Cedar that is indisputably so, being brought from that noted Mount, by Dr. Huntington, and given me by his Nephew, perhaps the Cone may rather be from America, than Lebanon, where very few now remain: A great Traveller is said to have found one there, as big as seven Men could Compass (q)(q) Dr. Brown of Scripture Plants.. A Locust, or Piece of Cassia Fistula, the Cod and Fruit near eight Inches long, and four broad. Another about six and three. Another less. A different Lobe, much thicker than the greatest, though neither so long or broad as the least. Pine-Apples and Firre-cones.

A Fragment of the Royal-Oak at Boscobell, where King Charles II. was miraculously preserved. Don. Rev. Geo. Plaxton Rect. Ber. (formerly of Donington, in which Parish it stands.) And of the Holy Thorn at Glastenbury. Don. D. Sam. Gale Lond. Elm curiously grained, as fine as Walnut for inlaid Cabinets from Bede's Sylva Elmetæ in this Neighbourhood. Lignum fossile, or Pitwood of different Colours, great Quantities are dug up in the Levels in Yorkeshire and Lancashire. Some also from the Mosses upon Blackmoor in this Parish. Nuts also, dug up with Wood in the Isle of Wight. Don. D. S. Maddox. Fir-cones, Burnt Wood, and Hasel-Nuts, from the Mosses in Cheshire. Don. D. Jo. Woodward M D. P M G. A twisted Branch either natural or rather made so, by some convolvulous Plant. Don. Sam. Molineux Arm. The Figures of Plants upon Stone or Coal, are more frequently found; but here is the real Plant it self taken out of a Lime stone Rock at Downham in Craven; and given me by Dr. Hargrave of Coln. A Holly Leaf, whereof the Skin, and parenchymous or pulpy Part, being either rotted, or eaten away by Insects, the Texture of the Leaf appears admirably fine, the surrounding Fibre being very strong in this Plant contributes much to the Fairness. It was therefore the more suprizing, when I found the like delicate Skeleton of one of the tenderer Plants, which is very curious. A Slice of Wood full of small Holes, visible to the naked Eye, and so close to each other, that it is surprising how it hangs together, the woody Remains being as small as Lines drawn with a Pen, like the Limphæ ducts and Air Vessels, as drawn in Dr. Grew's Anatomy of Plants. Don. D. El. Aldburgh de Aldburgh.

Candle Berries from Mary-Land, a Candle made of them. A Cake of pure Green Myrtle-wax from Carolina (extracted from the Berries) such as the Candles there are made of. Nux unguentaria or Oil-bean. Stirax. A Virginian Acorn Cup, an Inch and half Diameter, the Sides very thick, and composed of a great Number of very hard Scales, the Acorns themselves are steep'd, boil'd and eat with Flesh or Fish (r)(r) Dr. Grew's Mus. Reg. Soc. p. 208.. Glandes Ilicis, the Acorns of the Ilex Esca Virg. or Virginian Tinder. A Fishing Line of an Indian Plant about five Foot long.

Dying Woods. Brasil; the Name discovers it is imported from South America. Redwood from Guinea, arbor quæ vel Brasiliensem rubedine superat (s)(s) Dr. Sloan's Cat. Plant. Jam. p. 213.. Logwood, which is a deeper Colour, and distinct from the next, viz. Campeche, Lignum Campechianum, Sanders. Quæ. if not a Sort of Brasiletto. Fustick from Jamaica, Pannos eleganti & pertinaci colore flavo tingit. Don. D. Abr. Fenton.

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