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containing one flat, white Seed, che whole Fruit being of a 
maudh more juic) than the other Species oF chis RIAA shel nae Colon, 
tothe Tafte, whence Children covet and gather the Fruit to ete” Pp 
wiidle Tops of this Plant are hairy. 6 98% 6067 suiet ond eoye so Pein] 
“It grows in the Low-Lands and Plantations in fevérdl Placés 4nd Weds 
the River fide juft by the Town of St. Sago de Ux Pega 4) inder Tropes’ 
Garters, in a Ditch very coplonply. 9 0 em alds mesg alld 
¥ of KE; fh 
» ; 44 pwiitlt 
: id sisnw .SaDbuM. 3903 ar beoid 
ORV. Perteljmrenuin rettam artice folio, flore coccthes ampli. Cat Yahi» 
164. Camara fexta Herba fraticola calamstuthpides, floribas ‘vervicillaté paipd: 
Peis; herba uterina, Surtan. Vibarnum Ameritanam arrite folds, lami} 'y. nt 
flortbus miniatis. Commelin. Hort. Amff. p.151. Viburnum Americans Shara’ 
tum urtice folijs Latioribus [pinofim Floritns mimatiss® Aorn.pdr Bate 3 Lo. 
383. Periclymeno atcedens planta Brafitien(is floribus Chitin s4 Abel Bobs Hil 
Ox Part 005955 mp Pron scr Teridio thin 
Poul ieee no Difference between’ this Shrub and ‘that. with hd 
yellow Flower defcrib’d before, only the Flowers were larger and of £ 
icarlet or. deep red Colour, looking very pleafantly, | 
~ This is no Viburnumaccording to Rivinas. AO 
“J found it berween the Walls bf the fuin’d Church, built by Peter Martyr. 
in the old Town of Sevilla in the North fite of this Tfland, | : maa. 
“An Anonyimas Portugal of Brafil, p: tz 14. ap. Purchas, tib. 7. cap. 1. Lays 
that a Decottion of this is a Remedy for Sey he Pox, Wad hew ‘Wounds: 
and that.they make of its Flowers, Nofegays ‘for the Ornament of Altars. 
to. de Lact, libs t§. caps 10. tells us thefame.- = é! 
” Phe Leaves ard hot and dry in tlie third Degree, Pi/a: 
~~ Excellent Bathsare made of it. The Leaves are ufed as well to corros 
borate inwardly, in Lieu of Mint and Balm, as to cléanfe outwardly, 
they cure many Difeafes of the Skin, and the’ Itch it felf. Pi/o. 
The Figute ih Pifo and Martg. agrees well to this. -"! 
The infpiffated DecoCtion cures ‘old Ulcers, and takés'away the Head- 
ach proceeding ftom Cold, if the fick Perfor be wath'd-With it. Pé/o, 
The Flowers are firft yellow, then become Orange‘coloured and after- 
wards red,or fearlét, PA 
Dr. Plukenet: p, 187. of his Mdneiffa; makes this the ‘fame with the laft 
Plant fave one, whether juftly, I leave others to judges" | 
Why Dr. Herman fhould ¢all this Spiadfum I cannot fee, 
XVI. Periclymenum rectum falvic folijs majoribus oblongit mucronatis [ub- 
tus villofis alternatins fitss fore & fructa minoribas. Cat.” Fam. p..164, Tab. 
194: Fig. 3- Ulmi angusts folie facie baccsfera Samaicenfis fobijs faperne [cabris 
fubrus villofis florsbus flavis perpufihis, fructu botryotde mono[permo, Pluken, Phyt. 
Tab,3 28. Fig. 5., Alm p. 3,93: oo 7 _ 
This Tree had its Branches cover’d with a fmooth blackifh Bark, 
ander which was a hard, white Wood, towards its Ends were the 
Leaves placed at upwards of an Inch’s Diftance from one another, being 
about two Inches long and near one broad in the Middle where 
broadeft, having very fmatl Footftalks, being indented about the Edges, 
tough or corrugated on the upper’ Surface, like the Leaves of Sage, 
or Nettles, mot bullated, whitifh underneath, Where they are fome- 
what woolly, atid have many eminent Ribs. Ex alis' Folioruni come 
two’ Inches tong, (mat? branch’d Twiggs on the Ends of which are 
the. Flowers, ftanding, feveral rogerhe > being {maller than the for- 
pei oe 3 BG es ES i | 
-J-found it in the North-Side of this Ifland. 
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