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mon. The Cape of Good Hope, i know not 

 from what caufe, produces plants peculiar to 

 itfelf, as all the mefemhry anthem a ^ and al- 

 moft all the fpecies of aloes, Grajfes^ the moft 

 common of all plants, can bear almofl any 

 temperature of air, in which the good provi- 

 dence of the Creator particularly appears-, for 

 all over the globe they above all plants are ne- 

 cefTary for the nourifhment of cattle, and the 

 fame thing is feen in relation to our moft com- 

 mon grains, 



Thus neither the fcorching fun, nor tTac 

 pinching cold hinders any countrey from hav- 

 ing its vegetables. Nor is there any foil, which 

 does not bring forth many kinds of plants \ 

 the pond-weeds^ the water-lily^ lobelia inhabit 

 the waters. The fuviales^ fuci^ conferva cover 

 the bottoms of rivers, and fea. The fpbagna 

 •^ fill the m.arlhes. The brya ' cloath the plains. 

 The dryeft woods and places fcarce ever illu- 

 minated by the rays of the fun are adorned 

 with the bypna. Nay ftones and the trunks 

 of trees are not excepted, for thefe are covered 

 with various kinds of liverwort. 



The defart, and moft fandy places have their • 

 peculiar trees, and plants •, and as rivers or 



*> Kind cf mofs, ' Kind of mofs. 



brooks 



