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Hugh Jones, Rev. ( - fl. c. 1702)

Clergyman and brother of Jezreel Jones (Stearne, 265, n. 47). Relevant locations: Visited Maryland, United States
 Relationships: Hugh Jones was a brother of Jezreel Jones (-d. 1731)
Hugh Jones was a associate or acquaintance (general) of James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)

 References in Documents:
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 406. Fucus Dealensis fistulosus, Laryngæ similis. Found in the same Place by the Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones, and Mr. James Cuninghame, Surgeon.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 419. Hedysarum triphyllum Marianum Trifolii Bituminosi facie. Both these, with several other Maryland Plants, my very worthy Friend Mr. George London gave me, collected there by the Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 494. Vaccinia Marian. tubuloso fl. majore. These, with many other well preserved Specimens, the Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones was pleased to send me from Maryland.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 1. MR.Mr. GEORGE ALFREY, Surgeon to Capt. HALLEY in his late Expedition, was so kind to make me some Collections of Plants on the Coast of Brasil. 2. Mr. EDWARD BARTER, at Cape Coast in Guinea. From this Person I lately received 3 or 4 Quires of Plants, with some Medicinal Roots, &c. 3. Mr. JACOB BOBART, Botanick Professor of the Physick-Garden at OXFORD, hath favoured me with some Plants I had not before seen. 4. Mr. SAMUEL BROWNE, Surgeon at Fort S. George in the East-Indies. To the indefatigable Industry of this Worthy and Generous Person, I am beyond expression obliged, for his large and frequent Performances; in not only gathering himself, but constantly employing several Persons to make Collections for me, and many of them some days Journy up the Country, from such Places we never yet saw any Plants before. And to most of these he has added their Indian Names, and the Vertues to such as are known to have any. I have this Year (besides several before) received near 20 Volumes in Folio, filled with fair and perfect Specimens of Trees and Herbs, and amongst them some from China, the Island of Ceilon, &c. He hath also procured me a Correspondence with divers Ingenious Persons residing in remoter Parts; and the like I could heartily wish my other Friends would do. 5. Mr. EDWARD BULKLEY, another Ingenious Surgeon at the same Place. This curious Person hath lately been pleased to send me thence 3 Volumes of Medicinal Plants, with their Names and Vertues annext; as also some Seeds, and a Materia Medica from Tonqueen; and formerly some from Persia. From this obliging Gentleman I have also farther Promises of Yearly Yearly Collections, as well from several other Parts of India, as of such as grow about him. 6. The Reverend Father GEORGE CAMELLI, a learned Jesuit; who hath been pleased to transmit to Mr. Ray and me, the Designs of such rare Medicinal Plants, with a large Account of their Vertue, Use, &c. as he hath experienced, and observed them to grow amongst the Philippine Islands, where he resides; some of which are already Published, and we hope e'er long to gratifie the World with something more from him. 7. Mr. WILLIAM CLERK, Surgeon, brought me lately some Plants and Seeds from Turkey. 8. Capt. JOHN CONWAY, my hearty and kind Friend; who, besides the care he took of several Collections, sent me from Fort St. George, the Cape of Good Hope, &c. procured me himself some Quires of Plants from the New Fort called Fort St. David, which is about 50 Leagues S. W. from Madrass. 9. Mr. CHARLES COOMBS, Surgeon, was so kind to collect me some Plants at Calabar, on the Coast of Africa; as also some others with some Insects from Maryland. 10. Mr. JAMES CUNINGHAME, Surgeon. A Learned and most industrious Promoter of Natural Philosophy, and extremely well qualified for such a Design; as I am very sensible, by the curious Remarks he hath made on most of the Plants, &c. he hath observed : having in a late Voyage to China made Collections wherever he touched, viz. 1. At Palma, one of the Canary Islands. 2. About Batavia in the Island of Java. 3. and 4. At Emuy and Colonshu, two Chinese Islands; from whence he also procured me the Paintings of near eight hundred several Plants in their Natural Colours, with their Names to all, and Vertues to many of them. In his return he visited the Streights of Malacca, the Cape of Good Hope, Island of Ascension, &c. at all these Places he not only collected Plants, with the Seeds of most of them, but also Insects, Shells, &c. and indeed whatever came in his way. A farther and more particular Account of these and many other things, the Publick may in time be acquainted with. 11. My kind Friend Mr. JOHN FOXE, Surgeon, sent me formerly a Collection of Plants, which he gathered at the Cape of Good Hope, and very lately some Shells from thence, as also 3 Quires of Plants from the Bay of Bengale. 12. The Reverend Mr. HUGH JONES, A very curious Person in all parts of Natural History; particularly in Fossils; some of which he hath sent me from Maryland with several Volumes of Plants very finely preserved; with divers Insects and Shells. From this obliging Gentleman, I am promised frequent remittances of whatever those Parts afford, as well Animals & Fossils as Vegetables. 13. Mr. 13. Mr. JEZREEL JONES. This worthy and kind Gentleman, in one Year whilst he was in Portugal (Secretary to his Excellency Mr. METHWYN our now Envoy) was pleased to make me considerable Collections every Month, of all the Plants he there observed, which he very curiously preserved: and after the same Monthly method, he sent me a great number of Insects; amongst them there were several altogether New to me and Strangers in England. To these he added what Shells and Fossils he there met with, as also some curious Reptiles. It were heartily to be wisht, that the Zeal and Industry of this Inquisitive Person, were imitated by such other curious Gentlemen, as may have occasion to travel or reside in more remoter Parts. 14. Mr. ROLESTON JACOBS. This young Gentleman was pleased to pick me up such curious Shells he met with amongst the Spicy and neighbouring Islands, being all or for the most part very fair as well as uncommon Shells. 15. Mr. WALTER KEIR. To this ingenious Surgeon I am obliged for some Plants, &c. he sent me from Jehore, in the Streights of Malacca, and I am in expectation of greater Performances from him. 16. Dr. DAVID KREIG, a German, Physician, and Fellow of our Royal Society. This curious Gentleman, after he had made several Remarks on the Natural Productions of this Island, and Painted several things he had here observed; was pleased to make a Voyage to Maryland, from whence he returned plentifully stored with what in Nature he had there taken notice of. His happy Genius in Designing, Painting, Etching, &c. were no small Additions to his other Qualifications; he being no less versed in the Study of Physick, than Anatomy, Botany, Chimistry, Natural Philosophy, and indeed whatever else is requisite to compleat a Physician. 17. Mr. SYLVANUS LANDON. Besides the Obligations I lye under to this worthy Gentleman and most ingenious Surgeon, for several Plants he formerly brought me from Cales, Alicant, Carthagena, and other Ports in Spain, and after that from the Island of Borneo in the East-Indies, with some very curious Serpents from thence: he hath been pleased lately to present me with the well-preserved Samples of such Trees, Herbs, &c. he has in a late Voyage observed on the Island of Flores; to these he has added the Shells of that and some other Islands in the East-Indies. In his return home, he also procured me the Remains of Dr. Oldenlands Collections at the Cape of Good Hope, with divers Reptiles, as Serpents, Lizzards, &c. from that most luxuriant Promontory. 18. I am very much oblig'd to Mr. GEORGE LONDON his Majesty's Gardener, who was pleased to present me with two two Volumes of dry Plants, very curiously Preserved, and collected at Maryland by my worthy Friend the Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones. 19. Mr. HENRY PASMORE. This Reverend Person was so kind to transmit me some Collections of Plants from the Island of Jamaica, with Promises of greater supplies, which I doubt not but he had performed had not Death prevented him. 20. Mr. RICHARD PLANER, Surgeon. This ingenious and hearty Friend made me formerly some Collections of Plants, Shells and Insects at Mount Serrado on the Coast of Africa: and in a Voyage since he got me other Collections from those Parts, with some very curious Insects off the Coast of Carthagena. 21. From Madam MARGARETHA HENDRINA van OTTEREN, Widow to that late most curious Botanist and Physician Dr. OLDENLAND, at the Cape of Good Hope, I have lately received the compleat Specimens of several Plants, very finely Preserved, and many of them such as I had not seen before; so that I am extremely obliged to this so generous a Benefactress, not only for these I have already received from her (and those formerly from her Learned Husband) but also for her kind Promises, in continuing to send me over whatever Plants that Fertile Promontory produces, with such Shells, Insects, Reptiles, Fossils, &c. as are there to be got. 22. Mr. JOHN RAY. To this most celebrated and worthy Author I stand indebted for many Favours, and particularly this last Summer, when I was with him, for some English Insects he was pleased to give me, which I had not before seen. 23. Mr. ROBERT RUTHERFORD, Surgeon. This hearty Person and kind Friend gathered me several Plants in Carolina, with some Insects and Shells he there observed. He hath also as I desired obliged some curious Persons that reside there, to hold a constant Correspondence with me. 24. Dr. FREDERICK RUYSCH, Anatomick and Botanick Professor in Amsterdam. To this most curious Person I am extremely obliged for several uncommon Reptiles, Insects, &c. which he was pleased formerly to favour me with; and since that I have received from him divers Exotick Plants, some of which I have not before not since seen. 25. Mr. STOCKER. This kind Person (and altogether a Stranger) was pleased to bring me a Collection of Shells, which he had pickt up in the Bay of Bengale, amongst them there were some very Curious. 26. Mr. ALEX. SYMPSON, Surgeon. This Gentleman was so kind lately to present me with the Samples of some Plants, very well Preserved, which he had observed about Gallipoli in Apulia. 27. Dr. 27. Dr. PITTON TOURNEFORT, Physician, one of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and Botanick Professor of the Royal Garden at PARIS. To this Celebrated Botanist I am obliged for some Alpine and Pyrenæan Plants he lately sent me, and am daily in expectation, according to his Promises, of greater Collections from him. 28. Mr. RICHARD WHEELER. This Person, my kind and hearty Friend, hath for many Years past, and doth still continue to send me all the Plants and Insects which he can get or procure me, about Long-Sound in NORWAY: many of the First being rare with us, and only to be met with in the North of England, and divers of the last are such I have not yet seen about London.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 18. I am very much oblig'd to Mr. GEORGE LONDON his Majesty's Gardener, who was pleased to present me with two two Volumes of dry Plants, very curiously Preserved, and collected at Maryland by my worthy Friend the Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 508. Papilio caudatus Marianus fuscus, striis pallescentibus, lineâ & maculis sanguineis subtùs ornatus. This with several others the Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones sent me from Mary-land.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 622. Battatas flore, Frutex Marianus Lauri folio. This with many other curious Plants, and very well preserved, the Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones my worthy Friend sent me from Maryland.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 675. Pyrola Marylandica minor, folio mucronato Arbuti. This the Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones sent from Maryland.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 733. Phalena plumata caudata Mariana, virescens, oculata. The Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones amongst other Insects sent me this very elegant Moth from Maryland.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 791. Osmunda Virginiana Cicutæ folio. Adiantum album floridum Cicutæ foliis Virginianum Ray H. pl. 1854. 7. Lunaria botrytis elatior Virginiana, pinnulis tenuissimis & Cicutariæ in modum divisis H. Oxon. Sect. 14. p. 595. Tab. 4. Fig. 5. Urtica Canadensis Myrrhidis folio El. Bot. 426. Inst. R. H. 534. Hort. Reg. Monspel. 207. Fig. Mr. Hugh Jones first sent me this from Maryland, I have also this Year received it from my kind Friends Mr Edmund Bohun and Mr. Robert Ellis in Carolina.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 2. Cantharus MARIANUS viridis perelegans, vaginis sulcatis, signaturis flavescentibus ornatis. This rare and elegant Insect was first discovered in MARY-LAND by the Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 8. Tomineio MARIANA virescens, gutture flammeo. The Humming Flame-Throat. an Guai-numbi 8. Marcgr. L. 5. c. 4. p. 197. 8? Ray Ornith. 167. 8. id. Angl. 232. 8. Tab. 42. Fig. 7. 9? an Ouressia sive Tomineio Clus. Exot. L. 5. c. 2. p. 96. Fig.? The Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones sent me this beautiful Bird from MARY-LAND.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 5. Buccinulum album, lineâ sanguineâ spirale. This singular and elegant Shell, the Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones gave me before his Departure to Mary-land.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) Fig. 1. AVisAvis MARY-LANDICA gutture luteo. The Mary-Land Yellow-Throat. This and the next the Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones sent me from MARY-LAND.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) FIGFIG. 1. Libella MARIANA media compressa, corpore cœrulescente, nubibus latis medio alarum. This and the next the Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones sent me from MARY-LAND.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 12. Phalenoides Apiformis MARIAN. splendore nigrescent. argenteis maculis eleganter aspersis. This singular Insect, with the last, and Fig. 2. the Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones sent me from Maryland.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 10. Nasicornis Tauroceros MARIANUS, splendens, Castanei coloris Terra Marianæ Hist. nost. Natural. seu Act. Philosoph. N. 271. p. 814 45. Jones Mary-land Bull Rhinoceros. This is of the Comb-horn’d (i. e. antennis pectinatis) kind, and is very shining above.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 11. Scarabeus MARIANUS minor fulvus, maculis nigricantibus aspersis Act. Phil. N. 246. p. 396. 9. This the Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones sent me with several other Beetles, &c. from Maryland, which I have given an account of in the aforesaid Transactions.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) American Insects and Shells 93 531 Bohans, yellow spotted Carolina Butterfly 6. 12. 532 William’s Orange girdled Carolina Butterfly 15. 9: 533 Williams Selvedge eyed Carolina Butterfly 33. xi. 534 Jones Maryland Selvedge eye 2. 3. 535 Virginia Painted Lady 33. 5. 536 Black Darien Butterfly with 2 white Spots 6. 7. 537 Mexican Butterfly with 2 Scarlet blots 4 2. 538 Jamaica Tricolor 13. 1. 539 Vincent’s large Surinam Peacocks eye 28. 1. 540 Vincent's Surinam long Tricolor 12. 8. 541 Charlton's Copper blistered Surinam Butterfly 10. 9. 542 Small blue Sarinam Butterfly 46. 15. 543 Greenish Maryland large Page Moth 14. 5. 544 Maryland long Cross Moth 17. 7. 545 Maryland short Cross moth 17. 8. 546 Maryland Ermin moth 17. 2. 547 Maryland Buff Ermin Moth 3. 2. 548 Golden Lanthorn Carolina Butter Moth 32. 5. 549 Great Carolina Lanthorn Bee Moth 32. 7. 550 Maryland mottled Bee Moth 17. 12. 551 Carolina Twig Coffin 7. 6. 552 Feather horned Carolina Fly 6. 6. 553 Virginia Wingless Wasp 13 10. 554 Clear tipt Maryland Adderbolt 15 1. 555 Cloud tipt Maryland Adderbolt 15. 2. 556 Mexican Bull Rhinoceros 46. 14. 557 Brown Maryland Bull Rhinoceros 24. 10. 558 Campeachy Goat Chaffer 24. 6. 559 Bohun's brown speckled Goat-chaffer 25. xi. 560 Maryland Wasp Beetle 27. 3. 561 Carolina Wasp Cantharis 33 9. 562 Copper spotted Maryland Carab 2. 2. 563 Velvet eyed Virginia Snap Beetle 10. 4: 564 Marshal's Virginia Chaffer 27. 7. 565 Green Maryland Chaffer 27. 9. 566 Green Maryland Horn Chaffer 27. 8. 567 True Cochineel with its changes 1. 5. 568 Great Maryland Cow Lady 33. 3. 569 Straw Maryland Cow Lady 26. xi. 570 Yellow and black streaks Maryland Beetle 17. xi. 571 Speckled Barbadoes Rag Oyster 24. 12. 572 American rugged Hart Henckle 25. 9. 573 American ridged Hart Henckle 24. 5. 574 Jamaica pointed Henckle 25. 8. 575 Dominico Tellen 18. 4. 576 Flat Jamaica two tooth’d Shell 21 6. 577 Barbadoes Lady Whelk 22. xi. 578 Stonestreets flet Pap shell 3. 12. 579 Bar-
Selections from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1665-1669)
( 393 ) II. Remarks by Mr. James Petiver, Apothecary, and Fellow of the Royal Society, on some Animals, Plants, &c. sent to him from Maryland, by the Reverend Mr. Hugh Jones.
SECT I. Crustaceous Animals.

1. TEstudoTestudo terrestris Americana, dorso elato. 1. I do not find this certainly described by any Author. Its Shell an Inch and a quarter long, and one broad, the Scales about the Edges are Quadrangular, those above Pentangular; he is guarded along the Back with a round Ridge; his Head about the Bigness of our Horse bean; the Orbits of the Eyes very large; his Snowt not very unlike a Parrot's Bill, his upper Jaw including the under; each Foot has four sharp Claws like a Mouse.

His Belly is made up of several thin Scales; whose middle Pair are long and quadrangular, that next the Head and Tail triangular, the rest irregular; his Tail taper, and about half an Inch long.

His whole Body exceeds not the half of a large Walnut.

 The Molucca Crab. Mus. Regal. Soc. 120.

2. In Virginia and several parts of the Continent of 2. America, they call it, synonyms. ( 394 ) The King Crab. Mus. Tradesc. 8.

 A King Crab of the Molucos Island. Hubert's Nat. Rarities, p. 21. Clus. Exot. 128. Laet. Latin. --- Gallic. 60 Mus. Wor. 249. Mus. Tradesc. 8. Bont. H. Nat. 83. Hubart. Nat. Ra. 21 Jonst. H. Exang. Aq. Tab. 7. Mus. Reg. Soc. 120.  Cancer Bont. Hist. Nat. p. 83. Fig. Malâ & Descript.  Cancer Moluccanus Clus. Exot. 128. Fig. opt. Dorsi & Ventris cum Descriptione accuratâ. Mus. Worm. 249. Fig. 1, & 2. sine descript. Mus Regal. Societ. 120.  Cancer Molucensts Jonst. Hist. de Exang. Aquat. Tab. 7. Fig. 1, & 2. sine descript. Mus. Regal. Societ. 120.  Signoc seu Siquenoc Incolis Novæ Franciæ, Aragneæ de Mer. nob. Laet. Ind. Occid. 60. Fig. D. & V. opt. & Desc. Gal. id. Lat.

 The whole Structure of this Animal is very remarkable, and particularly his Eyes are wonderfully contrived; viz. Between the fourth and last Pair of Claws on each Side, reckoning from his Mouth (and excluding the small Pair there plac'd) are inserted, as it were, the Rudiments of another Pair or a Claw broken off on each side at the second Joynt or Elbow; On these Extremities, are the Eyes placed (like those on the Horns of Snails) but being under the Covert of a very thick and Opake Shell, Nature in that Place has wonderfully contrived a Transparent Lanthorn, through which the Light is conveyed, whose Superficies very exactly resembles the great Eyes of our large Libellæ, or Adderbolts, which to the naked Sight are plainly perceived to be composed of innumerable Globuli; these, like them, are oblong, and guarded with a Testaceous Supercilium.
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SECT II. We proceed next to the Testaceous Animals. Viz. SHELLS Land-shells 3. COchleaCochlea terrestris major striata, ore compresso. 3. Cochlea. Virginiana List. Hist. Conchyl. Lib. I. Fig. 45. 4. Cochlea terrestris Virginiana media umbilicata, stria4.ta, ore unidente compresso. Cochlea umbilicata, capillaceis striis per obliquum donata, unico dente ad fundum oris, List. H. C: L. Fig. 91. List. Hist. Conch. L. I. Fig. 91. 5. Cochlea ter. Virginiana insigniter striata, umbilico 5. magno.  Cochlea umbilicata, susca, sive variegata, capillaribus 6. List. H. C. L. I. F. 69. striis leviter exasperata List. H. C. L. I. Fig. 69. 6. Cochlea ter. Virginiana minor, striata & umbilicata, 6. ore tridentino.  Cochlea parva umbilicata, tenuiter striata, tridens, scil. in triangulo positi, nempe unus ad fundum oris, alter List. H. C. L. I. F. 92 ad columellam, tertius ad labrum List. H. C. L. I. Fig. 92.
SECT III. Next to these we place The Crustaceous Insects: Being such whose Membranaceous Wings are wholly, or in part, covered with a hard or Crusty Sheath. 7. SCarabæusScarabæus Marianus viridis Rhinocerotos. 7. An Nasicornis Virginianus Mus. Trad. 15? Mus. Trad. 15? ( 396 ) 8. Scarabæus Marianus Viridis acerotos. These two, I believe, are Male and Female. 9. Scarabæus Marianus minor fulvus, maculis nigricantibus aspersis. 10. Scarabeus verrucosus minor Marianus cænosi coloris. An Scarabæus instar Bufonis Virginianus, Mus. Trad. 16. Mus. Trad. 16. 11. Scarabæus stramineus minor Marianus, maculis aterrimis diversimodé notatus. 12. Scarabæus oblongus niger Virginianus, vaginis sulcatis dorso plano nitente.  This my kind Friend, Mr. James Marshal, gave me, who received it from Virginia. 13. Scarabæus elasticus major Americanus capite bimaculato. an Cocujas Mof. 111. Fig. id. Angl. 977? Mof. 112. fig. id. Angl. 978. fig.  The first of these I received from my worthy Friend, Mr. Charlton.  This is commonly about an Inch and half long, of which the Head takes up a third part, which is near as broad as long; the Sides are grey or frosty; the Middle black: what in this part is most remarkable, are, two very b1ack oval Spots, in Texture, Colour and Softness much resembling the blackest and finest Velvet, being encompass'd with a whitish Circle.  These orbicular Spots, to most People, at first view seem to be their Eyes, though they are ten times less, and plac'd at the setting on of the Horns, which are about half an Inch long, composed of eight Serræ, or Teeth, notcht on the under side only.  The Vaginæ or Wing-sheaths are long, black, sulcated and plentifully sprinkled with white Specks, the under Part and Belly is frosted on the Sides and in the Middle of a shining black. ( 397 )  The Structure of this Insect is the same with a pecliar Species I have seen in England, and call Snap-Beetles, from their elastick or springing Faculty, by which (without being fore-warn'd) they will easily force themselves out of your Fingers: I have also frequently observed, that if you lay them on their Backs (they not being able to turn on their Bellies) will spring or raise themselves to a wonderful Height, and that for several times, until they fall on their Legs. 14. Scarabæus elasticus medius Marianus hirsutus. 14. 15. Scarabæus elastacoides Marianus, vaginis ex nigro auranticque mixtus. 15. 16. Cycindela Mariana, The Fire-Fly, vaginis teneris 16. fuscis marginibus fulvis 17. Mof. 145. id. Angl. 1003. Jonst. Ins. Tab. 15. Cantharis Anglica viridis, maculis aureis insigritis.  Cantharis 4 Moff. 145. Fig. id. Angl. 1003. Fig. Jonst. Insect. Tab. 15 Fig. 4. List. Hist. Anim. Angl. app. Tab. 3. Scarab. Fig. 6. 17. Fig. 4. List. Hist. A. A. app. Tab. 3. Scar. Fig. 6. 18. Cantharis Mariana viridis. lituris marginalibus aureis insigniter notata.  The Spots in this are larger and finer markt than the last. 18. 19. Cantharis Mariana fusca, meandris marginalibus pallidis incurvatis. 19. 20. Capricornulus nigrescens Marianus, undis & circulis flavescentibus striatus. 20.
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SECT IV. We come now to the Plants, and therein, following the Method of the Learned Mr. Ray in his History, &c. and Dr. Sloane his Catalogue of Jamaica Plants, we shall begin with the less perfect ones: Viz. 1. MVscusMvscus Filicinus Marianus repens pinnis brevioribus. This differs from our common Fern Moss in having shorter Wings set opposite from the middle Rib, which creeps along the Ground, and is not branched. 2. A. Branched Coralline Moss. Muf. Pet. 76. Mus. Petiv. 76. This grows with us very plentifully on most Heaths. 3. Trichomanes major Marianus longifolius, Ray H. Pl. 1928? An Trichomanes major foliis longis auricularis Raii H. H. Pl. 1928. 4. Cornutus his Canada Maiden-hair. CB. 355. --- Prodr. 150. Cornut. 7. Park. 1050 Adianthum Americanum Cornuti 7. fig. Virginianum Tradescanti Park. 1050. Fruticosum Americanum Ejusd. 1050. Fig. frut. Brasilianum CB. 355. & Prodr. 150. desc. frut. Amer. summis ramulis reflexis & in orbem expansis Pluk. Tab. 124. fig. 2. 5. Filix Mariana pinnulis seminiferis angustissimis. 6. Ophioglossum Marianum linguâ dentatâ. 7. A. Gramen Paniceum maximum, spicâ divisâ, Cat. Pl. Jam. 30. CB. Phytl. 20. artistis armatum. Cat. Pl. Jam. 30. Panicum Sylvestre cum aristis CB. Phyt. 20. N° 93. I have added this Synonym because omitted by Dr. Sloane, to whom I refer you for the rest. ( 399 ) 8. Small English Hairy Grass. 8. Ger. 16. CB. 6. --emac. 17. H. Pl. Paris 105. A. Gramen exile hirsutum Ger. 16. fig. id. emac. 1 7. fig. Iuncus villosus capitulis Phillii Hist. des Plantes des environ de Paris 105. Raii H. Pl. 1291. Syn. 193 ed. 2. 263. 9. Gramen Cyperoides minus spicâ parvâ. 9. 10. A. Millet Cyperus Grass. 10. Ger. em. 30. Ray H. Pl. 1171 Syn. 200. ed. 2. 271. Cyperus gramineus Miliaceus Ger. emac. 30. fig. Raii H. P1. 1171. Synops. 200. ed. 2. 271. 11. Cyperus gramineus paniculâ sparsâ subflavescente. 11. Alm. Bot. CB. 6. --Phyt. 14. Park. 1268. IB. l. 18. p. 470. Ray H. Pl. 1301. Place. Alm. Bot. Gramen Cyperoides minus paniculâ sparsâ sub flavescente CB. 6. & Gr. Cyp. minimum panicula subflava Ejusd. Phyt. 14. Gr. Cup. pan. sparâ subflavascente Park. 1268 Gr. pulchrum parvum paniculâ latâ compressâ. IB. L. 18. p. 470. Fig. & Chabr. 184. Raii H. Pl. 1301.  This is found in most watry Places in Germany, Italy, and Provence. 12. Gramen tomentosom Virginianum paniculâ magis 12. Plu. T. 299. F. 4. Alm. Bot. 179. compactâ, aureo colore perfusâ Pluk. Tab. 29. 9. Fig. 4 χρυσοπαπος dici possit Alm. Bot. 179. 13. The least English Rush. 13. Par. 1192. Ray H. Pl. 1304. --Syn. 204. --ed. 2.274. Juncellus Lobelii Park. 1192. Raii H. Pl. 1304 Syn. 203 ed. 2. 2.74  It Flourishes with us in June and July in moist, sandy and boggy Places. 14. Parietaria foliis ex adverso nascentibus Vrticæ 14. Cat. Pl. Jam. 50. racemifertæ flore Cat. Pl. Jam. 50.  This Dr. Sloane observed to grow plentifully on the moist and shady Rocks in Jamaica. 15. Aster Americanus albus latifolius, caule ad summum 15. Pluk. 79. Fig. 1. Al. Bot. 56. brachiato Pluk. Tab. 79. Fig. 1. & Alm. Bot. 56.  Dr. Pluknet's Figure very well resembles this Plant, the Leaves are somewhat hairy, and on the back side very ( 400 ) full of Veins; they are near three Inches and half long, and somewhat more than an Inch broad; are sharp at each end and Stalkless: The Flowers are white, standing on long Footstalks, and branch towards the top.  This I have observed for some Years growing in our Pbysick-Garden at Chelsey. 16. Aster Marianus, foliis rigidis, floribus parvis umbelliferis. 17. Aster Americanus albus Mezerei Arabum exasperatis foliis, florum petalis reflexis. Pluk. Tab. 79. Fig. 2 Alm. Bot. 56.  These Flowers are very small, and stand many together, like an Eupatorium; the scaly Tips are green, the Petala long, white narrow, and seldom more than five or six in a Flower. 18. Chrysanthemum Americanum laciniato folio majus Hort. Bles. & Oxon. Hort. Plat. & Gron. Hor. L. Bat. & Trades. Park. 32. C.B. ap. 516. Ray H. Pl. 339. H. Bles. 251.  Doronicum Americanum Hort. Oxon. H. Patav. & L. Bat. H. Gron. & Tradesc. Park. 321. & 2. Fig. Amer. laciniato folio CB. app. 516. Descr. Amer. fol. dissecto H. Hasn. Ray H. Pl. 339. 19. Virga aurea Americana Tarragonis facie & sapore, Pluk. 116. fig. 6. Alm. Bot. paniculâ speciocissimâ Pluk. Tab. 116. fig. 6. & Alm. Bot. 20. Eupatorium Marianum foliis Melissæ rigidioribus. Pluk. 58. fig. 3. Alm. Bot. 141.  An Eupatoria Valerianoides flore niveo, Teucrii foliis cum pediculis Americana Pluk. Tab. 58. Fig. 3 & Alm. Bot. 141. 21. Eupatorium Marianum Melissæ foliis tenuioribus, Pluk. 87. fig. 3. Alm. Bot. 140. floribus purpurascentibus filamentosis.  An Eupatorium Americanum Melissæ foliis magis acuminatis Pluk. Tab. 87. Fig. 3. & Alm. Bot. 140. ( 401 ) 22. Baccharis Marianus flore pulchre rubente. 22. 23. Flos solis Marianus foliis pyramidalibus scabris ex 23. adverso sessilibus. 24. Flos solis Marianus foliis latioribus flore mixto. 24. 25. Flos solis Marianus foliis angustioribus fl. mixto. 25. 26. Chrysanthemum pilosissimum umbone purpurascente, 26. petalis extus villosis. 27. Chrysanthemum Marianum foliis abrotani maris. 27. 28. Nardus Americana procerior foliis cæsiis Pluk. Tab. 28. Pluk. 101. fig. 2. Alm. Bot. 101. Fig. 2. Alm. Bot.  I have observed this stately Plant for several Years in our Physick-Garden at Chelsey, growing more than two Yards high, with Leaves somewhat like our Goosefoot, but much larger, and underneath of an Ash Colour. 29. Carolina Globe-Tree. 29. Valerianoides Americana flore globoso, Pishaminis folio Mus. Petiv. 293.  Arbor Americana tryphyla, frctu Platani quodammodo æmulante; Lignum Fibularium (i. e.) Button-wood nostratibus dicta Pluk. Tab. 77. Fig. 3. Alm. Bot. 47.  Scabiosa dendroides Americana, ternis foliis circa caulem ambientibus, floribus ochroleucis Alm. Bot. 336.  This formerly grew at the Physick Garden at Chelsey, and this Year I saw it in Mr. William Darby's Garden at Hodgson.  I have put this Plant (until I find a more proper N. B. Place) next to the Valerians, because its Flowers are very like them. 30. Laserpitium Americanum Fraxini folio Musei 30. Mus. Pet. 255. Petiv, 255. 31. Hipposelinum Marianum foliis integris & trifidis. 31.  The lower Leaves are more or less round or pointed, and serrated like our Cathapalaustris, but much smaller, not exceeding those of the Garden Violet, which they much resemble, these stand on longer or shorter Footstalks, ( 402 ) sheathed at the Base, those above are wholly vaginated (or sheathed) and come trifoliate at every Joynt; its Flowers are small and yellowish. 32. A. Our least Water-Parsnep with various Leaves. Ray. Cat. Angl. --H. Pl. 144. --Syn. 67. --ed. 2. 107. Hor. Bles. 193 & 309. Pluk. 61. Fig. 3. Phyt. Brit. 114.  Sium minimum Raii Cat. Angl. & H. Pl. 444. Syn. 67. ed. 2. 107. min. Ferculaceis foliis Hort. Bles. 193, & 309. min. umbellatum foliis variis Pluk. Tab. 61. Fig. 3. pusillum fol. variis ND. Phyt. Brit. aq. pumilum foliis inferne Fæniculaceis superne lobatis Moris Tab. inedit. 33. Symphylum Marianum foliis Echii latioribus.  These Leaves are near an Inch broad, and between Two and Three long, are set alternately close to the Stalk, and taper at each end; in Texture very much resembling our Vipers Bugloss, but broader. 34. Teucrium Marianum spicatum Menthæ folio. 35. Mr. Ray's Virginia Snake-weed. Ray. H. Pl. 534. H. A. L. Bat. 161. Breyn. Pr. 2. Pluk. 54. Tab. 2. Alm. Bot. 110.  Pulegium Virginianum nonnullis, aliis Serpentaria aut Colubrina Virginiana Raii H. Pl. 534.  P. Virg angustifolium (Serpentaria dictum) flosculis in cymis. an potitus Clinopodium Pulegii angusto rigidoque folio Virg. flosculis in cymis. Pluk. Tab. 54. Fig. 2. & Alm. Bot. 110.  Pulegio Cervino quodammodo accedens capitata, Chamepityos Austriacæ cæruleæ foliis & facie Breyn. Prodr. 2.  Satureia Virginiana Herm. P. Bat. 218. Fig. & desc. floribus in summitate dispositis H. A. L. Bat. 36. Dr. Herman's Virginiana Wild Basil with yellow H. A. L. Bat. 107. Ray H. Pl. 1927. Pluk. 24. Fig. 1. Alm. Bot. 111. Flowers.  Clinopodium Virginianum angustifolium flore luteo D. de Marees H. A. L. Bat. 107. Virg. angustif. florbus amplis luteis purpureo maculatis, cujus caulis sub quovis verticillo 10 vel 12 foliolis rubentibus est circumcinctus D. Banister ( 403 ) Alm. Bot. 111. Virg. angust. flor. amplis luteis, punctis purpureis Pluk. Tab. 24. Fig. 1.  Origanum floribus amplis luteis purpureo maculatis, cujus caulis sub quovis verticillo 10. vel 12. foliis est circumcinctus D. Banister Raii H. Pl. 1927. 37. Horminum Marianum foliis pilis albis aspersis. 37. 38. Scutellaria Virginiana Hyssopi angustis foliis, flore 38. Alm. Bot. 338. cæruleo Alm. Bot. 338.  Mr. Banister's Columbine leav'd Crow-foot. 39. Ranunculus Thalictri folio radice grumosa. D. Banister, 39. Ray H. Pl. 1927. Pluk. 106. Fig. 4. Alm. Bot. 310. Raii H. Pl. 1927. nemorosus Aquilegiæ foliis Virginianus Asphodeli radice. Pluk, Tab. 106. Fig. 4. & Alm. Bot. 310.  Muntings yellow Passion Flower. 40. Passiflora Hepaticæ nobilis folio parvo non crenato, 40. H. R. Par. Hort. Pisan. Hort. Patav. Munt. Par. 422. Moris. H. Ox. 6. Raii. H. Pl. 651. H. A. L. Bat. 205. El. Bot. 206. Alm. Bot. 282. flore ex luteo viridante Alm. Bot. 282.  Clematis Passionalis tryphyllos fl. luteo Moris. H. Ox. 6. Sect. 1. Tab. 2. Fig. 3. Cl. Passiflora fl. luteo Munt. Prax. 422. Fig. opt. seu flos passionis fl. luteo H. Pisari Belluc: seu Fl. Pass. luteo flore H. R. Par. Raii H. Pl. 651.  Granadilla pumila fl. parvo. luteo D. Alex. Balam. Cat. H. Pat. a Turre 55. folio tridentato, parvo flore flavescente El. Bot. 206.  Cucumis Flos Passionis dictus, Hederaceo folio, fl. ex luluteoluteo viridanti H. A. L. Bat.  Cornutus his Canada Herb Christopher. 41. Chrystophoriana Americana racemosa baccis niveis & 41. Cornut. 76. Park. 379. Moris. H. Ox. 8. Ray H. Pl. 662. rubris Moris. H. Ox. 8. Sect 1. Tab. 2. Fig. opt. 7 Amer. baccis niveis & rubris Park 379. Fig.  Aconitum baccis niveis & rubris Corn. 76. Raii H. Pl. 662.  Mr. Fisher, a Friend of mine, brought me this Root from Potuxen River in Maryland, and he tells me, they there call it, Rich-Root, and use it as a specifick against the Scurvy; they boyl about a Pound of it in two Gal ( 404 ) lons of Cyder, till but two Quarts remain, and being strained, they drink half a Pint of it every Morning, either alone, or mixt with any other Drink.  He assured me it cured him, and severai others in the same Ship he came from thence in. 42. Spike-flowred Meadow-sweet. CB. 163. --Phyt. 276. Germ. em. 1043. Park. 591. Ray H. Pl. 709. Barba Capri Ger. emac. 1043. IB. V. 3 L. 488. Fig. Chabr. 488. floribus oblongis CB. 163. Phyt. 276.  Vlmaria major sive altera Park. 591. Fig. Raii H. Pl. 709. 43. Gentiana major Virginiana, floribus amplis ochroleucis Pluk. Tab. 186. Fig. 1. & Alm. Bot. 166. Pluk. 186. cis. Fig. 1. Alm. Bot. 166.  These Leaves are very like those of Sope wort, and stand cross-wise, or alternately opposite, convoluting the Stalk, which is round.  Its Flowers one Inch and three quarters long and pale, growing towards the top of the Stalk; its Calyx half an Inch deep, and then divides into five narrow greenish Beards three quarters of an Inch long, reaching almost to the Dents or lower Angles of the Flower. 44. Gentiana major Virginiana, flore cæruleo longiore Moris. Morris. Tab. inedit. Tab. inedit. Fig.  These Leaves stand also opposite like the last but are much narrower and glaucous underneath.  The Flowers blew, and broader at the Top than the last, and the Segments or Angles, not so sharp nor deeply indented, the Calyx like the other, but the foliaceous Beards shorter. 45. Erinus Marianus fere umbellatus, Majoranæ folio. 46. Perfoliate Venus Looking-glass. Hort. Reg. Paris. Moris. H. Ox. 457. Ray H. Pl. 743.  Speculum Veneris perfoliatum seu Viola pentagonia persoliata Raii H. Pl. 743.  Campanula pentagonia perfoliata Moris. H. Ox. 457. Sect. 5. Tab. 2. Fig. 23. Onobrychis peregrina perfoliata folio rotundiori. Hort. R. Paris. 47. American Scarlet Cardinal-Flower. 47. Park. Para. 355. Col. in Her. 880. Ferrar. Hort. R. Hasn. Hort. Gron. Hort. Lugd. Bat. Moris. H. Ox. 466. Ray H. Pl. 746. Flos Cardinalis Barberini Col. in Hernand. 880. Fig. Card. seu Trachelium Americanum H. L. Bat. & H. Groning. Cardinalitius s. Trachel. Indicum H. Pat.  Trachelium Americanum rubrum Ferrar. Raii H. Pl. 746. Amer. s. Cardinalis planta Park. parad. 355. Fig. Amer. fl. ruberrimo s. Planta Cardinalis Ejusd. 356. descr. & la Bross. H. R. Par. Indicum Cardinalitium dictum H. R. Hafn.  Rapuntium galeatum Virginianum s. Americanum coccineo flore majore Moris. H. Ox. 466. Sect. 5. Tab. 5. Fig. 54. 48. Morisons Virginiana Blew Cardinal-Flower. 48. Robert Icon. Dodart. Mem. 119. Moris. H. Ox. 466. H. A. L. Bat. 107. Hort. Lugd. Ray H. Pl. 1883. Rapunculus galeatus Virginianus, flore violaceo majore Moris. H. Ox. 466. Sect. 5. Tab. Fig. 55.  Trachelium Americanum flore cæruleo Icon. Roberti. minus Amer. foliis rigidioribus fl. cæruleo patulo Hort. Reg. Paris. Amer. minus fl. cærul. patilo Dodart. Mem. 119 Raii. H. Pl. 1883. descr.  Campanula minor Americana, foliis rigidis fl. cæruleo patulo H. A. L. Bat. 49. Digitalis Mariana Persicæ folio. 49.  This I take to be the Humming Bird Tree, figured in Josselin's New-England Rarities.  These Leaves stand opposite on half Inch Footstalks, above four Inches long and three quarters broad. 50. Digitalis Mariana Filipendulæ folio. 50.  The Flowers of this elegant Plant stand on naked Footstalks near an Inch long, they generally grow by pairs one against the other, each divided into five equal round Segments like those of Yellow Tobacco, but three times bigger; these are set in a Calyx whose Divisions are simbriated like a Lobe or Wing of its Leaves. Its Style is thready, and about an Inch long. ( 406 ) 51. Alectorolophus Marianus Blattariæ folio.  These Leaves are deeply cut into eight or ten serrated Lobes, which for the most part stand opposite, each Leaf is about the Length of the Footstalk it stands on, viz. if full grown, five Inches, or thereabouts.  Its Seed-Vessels are oblong pointed Husks, which open on the upper Edge; they grow in a Spike on each side of the Stalk, and are guarded, especially the upper Side, with a hoary membranaceous Calyx. 52. Crateogonon Marianum flore cæruleo. 53. Turritis Mariana siliquis dependentibus, uno versu dispositis.  The Pods are about two Inches long, flat, somewhat crooked, and end as it were in a blunt spine, they stand on half Inch Footstalks, and are thin set on all sides of the Stalks, but have a Tendency only one Way. 54. Cornatus his Canada Celandine. Cornut. 212. Park. 617. -- 327. Moris. H. Ox. 257. Ray H. Pl. 1887. Alm. Bot. 280.  Chelidonium maximum Canadense ακαυλον Corn. 212. fig. Park. 617. Moris. H. Ox. 257. Sect 3. Tab. 3 Fig. 1. Raii H. Pl. 1887.  Ranunculus Virginiensis albus Park. 327. Fig. an Virginianus Mus. Trad. 160?  Papaver corniculatum seu Chelidonium humile cauliculo nudo, flore albo stellato Alm. Bot. 280. 55. Chamæsyce Mariana ramosissima dichotomos, foliis Polygoni minoribus. 56. Chamæsyce Mariana Lysimachiæ campestris Gerardi folio. N. B. The remaining Herbs and Trees, with some Fossils and Animals, not here mentioned, shall be the Subject of another Paper.