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The Natural Hiftory of JAM ALG: 
After \. 45. add, In Famaica the Negroes lay the Leaf upon a flat 
piece of Wood, holding it faft at one end, they fcrape~off :with a blunt 
Lath.or piece of Wood, the outward green Subitance, the inward ‘white 
Silk appearing in whice Lines or Threads from one end to the<other, 
after fcraping boch fides, they throw it into clean Water, wath all the 
remaining green from it, then dry it in the Sun, and twift ‘ite into 
Ropes, it is us’d for Hamacks and Fifhing Nets. It might be improv’d 
for making Stuff, @&c. Mr. Barham in MS. ! oS 
P. 252-1, 1..At the end add, Nymphxa alba major. -Gonfaon. Grif. 
virid, .p. 48. . 
After |. 14 add, The Oil anointed on the Temples.caufeth Reft. The 
Root is good.in Dyfenteries, Diarrhoeas, Whites, ce. Mr- Barham in 
MSe.' 6. Attys 
As, the end of the laft line add, -Nymphea Malabarica minor folio ro- 
tundiore flore, albo pentapetalo intus villofo. Bob. Hilt. Ox. Part 3. 
eS 1 de! ) 7) ; 
: b poe Ll. 32.0 Atthe endiadd, Arundo five Canna Indica Clufy flore 
phoeniceo, Cannacorus quorundam. Bellucc. p.10- Arundo quxdam. 
Mer. Met. Ins. Sur. p. 42. Canna Indica flore rubro, red flower’d) In- 
dian Cane. Tradefcant. p. 95. Canna Indica major &.minor flore pur- 
pureo. Aman. Hort. Bos. p.6. Canna Indica flore rubro, Canna da 
india, Grif]. virid. p. 12. Arundo Indica florida flore rubro. Cattell. Hort. 
Mell. p. 2. Papynes:Caft. Meeru  Brafilienfium: prima Canna Indica 
latifolia coralloides grano gagatino ad Corallas precarias- Surian, Cafna 
Indica flore rubro punttato. Merian. p.18- Indian. Shot.’ sail ent 
l. 51. After 7x add, Arundo. Indicasanguftifolia flore. rutilo: pedicu- 
lis -donato Agutiguepo-obi. Brafiliens. Marcgr. p.i532 An Radix que- 
dam in Malacca toxicis refiftens. C.B: “Toulola des Caraibes, J’Herbe 
aux flefches. Labat T.1. p. 477. A ptifane of this root us’d inwardly — 
and the root of it outwardly, cure Poyfon’d arrow Wounds ; the Juice of 
the root cur’d one poyfon’d with the Savanna Flower Leaves. No 
Vermin or Weevel will eat the root, which is good again{t Fevers, as 
Contrayerva, and againft bites of venomous Spiders. The Powder of 
the root hath been experienc’d good againft Impotencies takea for fome 
time. Mr. Barham in MS. | 
P. 255. 1.3. After 122 add, Sonchus levis laciniatus vulgaris. Tradef- 
cant. p. 169. 
|, 18. dt the end add, An Hieracium fruticofum anguftifimo incano 
folio. Herm. Hort. Lugd. p. 316? 
], 38. At the end add, Dens Leonis Mexicanus folijs inferne fubalbi- 
dis Yztachivatl, feu foemina candida. Recch. Bob. Hilt. Ox. p. 3. p. 89. 
An Hieracium Indicum fonchifolium caule nudo flore albicante. Pluken. 
Mant. p. 102? Lactuca fylveftris pumila. Park. 1622? 
Itis good again{t the Obftructions of the Vifcera, The Juice of the 
Leaves and Roots given in Madera Wine purifies the Blood and Juices 
of. the Body. The diftill’d Water made fharp with Oil of Vitriol or 
Sulphur is good in {potted Fevers and the Plague. Mr. Barham in MS. 
P. 256, After 1.31 add, By comparing the Defcription and Figure of 
this with the Chryfanthemum Peruvianum flore albo. Cat Hort. Lips. 
Pluk. Phyt. Tab, 22. fig. 3. ’tis plain, there is fcarce any. refemblance 
between this Plant and that. 
P. 258. After |. 30, This is very different from the Eupatoria Cony- 
zoides Verbafci folio phyteofmos, feu Baccharis Americana fuaveolens, 
td eff, Sweetweed Barbadenfibus didta. Pluk. Phyt. Tab. 87. fig, 1. Alm. 
p- 140. 
