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7 Qo code Natural Eiftory of Yamaica. 
From the middle of thefe Leaves rifes a Stalk, abouta Foot and an half high, 
on which, round about, are fet feveral Leaves, {maller than thofe at bottom, 
on the top of which ftand many pale, green, broad Leaves, having a slewy 
mucilage between them, and a great many reddifh Leaves, making as it 
were a Calyx, and looking in all fomething like a Rofe, in which are con- 
tained feveral Heads conglomerated, having Seed-Veflels, and Seed as the 
former. 
It grows on old great Trees in the large Woods, in Sixteen ‘Mile-Walk- 
Path, and fometimes on the ground when fallen. 
VIE Vifcum Caryophylloides majus, flore tripetalo cwruleo, femine Jilamentofe. 
Cat Pp. 77. 
This by a great many {inall fibrils, wrapt together, catches hold, and 
f{urrounds the Branch of any Tree it grows on, forthree Inches round. From 
thence rifes a Stem, about which grow feveral Leaves, an Inch broad at 
their beginning, hollow or concave in the infide, and convex on the other, 
{well’d out, or prominent below, making a cavity able to hold a pretty deal 
of Rain water. The other, or upper part of the Leaf is narrow and graflie, 
fomething like thofe of Pinks, about nine or ten Inches long, bow’d back- 
wards, and reflected, and fo hanging down, of a whitith green colour, In 
every thing like the Leaves of the Wild-Pine in their contrivance. The 
Stalk is a Foot and an half high, jointed, at every Inches diftance or joint, 
having a graffie Leaf, inclofing the Stalk at the joint. Near the top on each 
fide, ex alis foliorum come the Flowers, which have three Petala, are blue 
with a few yellow Stamina, {carce appearing out of a green hollow Leaf. 
After which follow pappous Seeds, being fmall, oblong and brown, having 
many long, downy filaments, hanging from them, and all being inclofed 
in a firft green, then brown triangular Cap/wls, fupported by the aforefaid 
Leaf. 
It grows every where in the Woods on the Branches of Trees, drawing 
its Nourifhment from Rain-water, falling into a Cavity made by its own 
Leaves. 
IX. Vifcum Caryophylloides minus, foliis pruine inffar candicantibus, flore 
tripetalo purpureo femine filamentofo. Cat. p.77. Tab. 1x1. Fig. 1. 
This Plant has feveral {mall fibers, warped, interwoven, or matted one 
within another, and wrapped about the Arms and Branches of Trees, from 
which, though fometimes it be on the under fide of the Bough, rife flraight 
up feveral Leaves, the under parts whereof inclofe one another like Bulbs, 
making in their inward concave fides a cavity to hold Rain, thereby to 
nourifh themfelves and Stalks. The Leaves are long, narrow, graflie, 
exactly of the fhape, make and contrivance with thofe of the Wild-Pine, 
fomethiag like the Leaves of a Gillyflower, only all cover’d over with a 
thort, white fhining Down, making the Leaves always look as if they were 
cover’d with a hoar Froft. In the middle of thefe rifesa naked hoary, three 
inches long Stalk, on the top of which ftands a hoary half Inch long Calyx, 
on the end of which are three {mall, purple Petala, and afterwards follows a 
Seed-Veflel, exa@tly the fame in every thing with that of the Wild-Pine, 
only in every part {maller. 
it grows every where on the Branches and Arms of Trees in this Ifland. 
X. Vifcum Caryophylloides minus, foliorum imis viridibus, apicibus fubrubicun- 
dis, flore tripetalo purpureo (emine filamentofo, Cat. p. 77. Tab. 122. Fig. 1» 
This 
