The Natural Hiftory of | A MAIC A. 255 
Pr, Herm. p. 314? Phafeoloides Americanum Acaulon pediculis angulofis 
ftriatis ex radicibus varie intortis furfum rigentibus folliculum fab 
Terra condens. Pluk. Mant. p 149? | 
After the laft line add, This feemsto me to be perfectly different from 
the Plants defcrib’d and figur’d by me hereafter. p. 21:8. and 219: 
Tab. 138 and 15%, fig. 1. notwithf{tanding Dr. Plukenet?s contrary Sen- 
timent. p. 131. of his Mantiffa as may appear to thofe, who will take 
the pains to inform themtelves. 
In the Natural Hiftory. 
P. 50.1. 48. At the end add, Corallium album fragile polyfchides ra 
mufculis equalibus contiguis dumofum. Bob, Hitt. Ox. p. rr. p. 656- 
Corallium albidum digitatum ramis hinc inde contiguis ad latitudinem 
difpofitis. Ej. 7. Madrepora criftata urens. Plum. Cat. p. 17. Fil, 
Amer, p. 146. T. 170. Lit. E. Gingembre ou Mourceaux de chaux de 
Labat, T. vj. p- 174, who found it on the Sea Shore of the Ifland Aves 
and believ’d it to be made of the Figure it bears by the Waves. Chau 
appellee Gingembre, Ej. T- 1a. p. 562. | 
Psa, 1. 32. At the end add, An Lapis Alkalicus {fubitantia faccharo 
perfimili. Cupan, Syll. p. 51° wdovopi ei aw : 
]. 50. At she end add, A pecfett white Coral call’d Harts-horn Coral 
of Hubbert. p. 44. Chau des Ifles de Vent, Labat. T. 48 p. 553. This 
and the Brain and Star-ftones, with other Corals, are what is made ufe 
of for making Lime by the Inhabitants of the hotter Parts of the Weft 
Indies. : 
Po 53-1. 7. At the end add, Porus albus ereCtior ramofus tuberculis 
crebris furfum fpeftantibus. Bob. Hift. Ox, p, 111. p. 656. Coral max- 
imus truncatus, Baf. Befler. fafc? An Porus albus Cupreffiformis, five 
Porus albus ramulis capreoli cornua quodammodo referentibus tubercu- 
lis fiftulofis denfe admodum refertus. Bob. p. 657° Coralloides Pomet. 
i 344. | 
: |. 24. At the end add, Corallium albidum latum & compreffum ad 
extrema tantum ramofum, five Corallium fpurium ex varijs quafi te- 
eumentis fibi invicem incumbentibus conflatum. Bob; Hift. Ox. p. rrr. 
p. 656 Corallium foliatum D. Tour. 42? Corallina maxima comprefla 
Courteniana Raij. Append? . 
1. 42. At the end ada, Mufcus mariaus minimus fcrupofus capillaceus, 
Bob, Hift. Ox. p. rat, p- 651. 
P. 54.1. 31. At the end add, Lapis ftellatus albus fragilis vulgo Pe- 
tra Stellaria Branca, Cupan. Hort, Cath. p. 246. Lapis ftellatus fufcus 
Stellis paulo majoribus, vulgo Petra Stellaria nigra. Ej, 1b. Lapis ftel- 
latus, Jafpideus cinereo-rubefcens, ftellis multo majoribus, vulgo’ Petra 
Stellaria marmorea. Ej. ib. Lapis ftellatus pariter jafpidea fubftantia 
Solari fpecie figillacus, vulgo Petra Stellaria marmorta, ac ftiddi grandi 
cornu lufuli. Ej. ib. I fufpect this or the former to be the Pierre legere. of 
Labat T. V. p. 260, which thrown on the Coaft of Hifpaniola with South 
Winds, fwim on the Water, and fuftain great Weights, as r5ol. One 
was two Foot and a half long, eighteen Inches broad, one Foot thick. 
and weigb’d not five Pound. | | 
P, 56. |. 26. At the end addy A deep yellow colour’d Sea-Fann 
grown to a great. Peble Stone, and an Iron coldur’d Sea-Fanw, as 
{tif as Iron Wire. of Hubbert, p. 42. Panaches de Mer. de Labat. T- 
V.p. 260. 
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