The Ni aural Hiftry of TA MONTC A 
hei ee 
185 
IV. Arbor que ay Braflienfem eed ee Lid. Or. oe 6. ¢. 56 
Cat. Jam. p. 213. Ray Hift, Dendr. p. 133. Red-wood for Dying called 
Cam-wood of Dampter, c. 4. Amnucifera Arbor femper. virens Indiarum pre- 
longis foliis, venu fle. vencis, cujus' Lionum Red- wood, toe. Erythroxylam Bar- 
badenfibus mux vero Dhumba Ceylanenfibus dria Pluken. Mantiff. Dp. 136 ? 
An bois de favan de Pommet, p.r1g ? 
This is very red, more porous, lax, and lighter than any of the foregoing 
Woods ; ’tis brought over in. pt ‘etty thick Pieces or Logs for the Ufe of Wye 
ers and Turners. | 
fe is found in Guines at Sherboro, - Sobshwatdy: of Sierra’ Leona, 
Dampier, and frequently brought in trading Ships to Famaica. Yam apt to 
believe that what Bartel ap. ‘Purchas has taken notice of under Lozewood. 
p- 183 of this Volume is meant of tae as byudg’d, ps Bos of By Catalogue. 
V. Planta fei feandens ex cujus caule fiunt feipiones cineret: Misihes 
firiati ox tuberculati, nervis c> tuberculis [piraliter aifpofitis. Cat. “Jaz. i 214; 
Tabs 231. Fig. 6. Ri iif. es 3: ihe tNs Be si 
Sapple9 Lacks. | 
The Stalk above-mention’d’ is about the Thicknef$ of one’s\Thitmb, 
ris light, fmooth, of an Afh-Colour,:and sthe Fibres: tof it run Wn 
{piral, Lines Parallel to, one another. Itshas\large Knobs’ upon tt, which 
are alfo {pirally difpofed, and fet.at certain Diltances. 2 
‘They gro w inthe Woods, and are ufed):for walking Sticks. «-9 
It is not likely that this is the Smilax Vireiniana [pins innecuss arin d- 
$4, Ore of Dr. Pluk. Phyt. Tab. 110. ig. mr Alm. p: 349. as Dr. Plaukenct Jane 
cies in his Mant. op. 172. d.qu } 
VI. Planta fruticofa [candens, cujus rie loco .chorde' waif cts in lratieiish 
adhibetur. Cat. Jam, p. 214. nee fee Fig. 1) 4y 59 6. i) ay Vol. ey ee 
P- 133. 
Thefe Strings were the Stalks of fome fcandent Plants Sick e were 
clear’d of their outward Bark, ‘hey were fmoorh, white; without K hots, 
or Joints, fomething: like, and of the Bignefs of GuickoGrat Roots; the 
Fibres run fpirally in thefe Hone and do, ads open feparate from 
one another. 
This grew in the Woods, where they were gather? d, tied: -up ‘in 
round Parcels or Hanks, and us’d inftead of other Strings, or Guts ot 
Animals for the Ufe of Mufical. Inftruments,. which’ they fupply't to- 
lerably well. 
VIL. Radix fruticofa lutea, glycyrrhize (imilis, cortice fafeo dent ibis wun- 
dificandis inferviens, Cat. fam. p. as Tab. 7 Fig. rer Nees dss Vo. 
3. dendre p. 1335. 
This was a Root which: was alchoft as big as ones little Finget, 
it was cover’d with a brownifh Bark, and: was within yellower than 
the Root of Liquorith, it parted into ‘many Fibers at the Ends we 
a Brufh; thefe Ends were’usd by the’Negroes for ‘cleanfing ‘thei 
Teeth, "They are in every Thing like the Pieces of Vine Sirhiends 
brought for the fame Purpofe from the Canary Tfland’s,iwhich are 2 dip 
in Dragon’ s Blood. 
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