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Thefe two laft fpecies are more common than the firft, and planted in mod gardens 



this country; their fruit is generally larger and roundith, but grows ieldom yellow, 



the furface 



- able 



Pifo fay 



the pulp of the fruit fo rich 

 d people of a warm hab 



generally more ag 



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95. Ant mum languidum recreate Jlomach 



-liquor vel vinum uri?ice fupprejjioni ft 



ufeabundum rejl 





BROMELIA 4. Caule ajfurgenti, racemo terminah \ fntBibus fejuntlis 



Bromelia Join's ciliato-jpinofi 



mo 



Caraguata Pif 



L. Sp. PI 



The Ping 



This pi 



very common in 7 



and 





g 



the 



edg 



d rocky hills, where it has been firft carried either by 



of 



leaves 



ild in moil of the Sa 



are 



which makes them extremely hurtful 

 fall among them ; and are, for this n 



ry prickly, and thefe generally arched backu-^rds 



th 



reafon 



bead, that may chan 



clofu 



lly ufed 

 d the country. The leaves are very thick about 



fences and 

 and from 



of thefe fprings the ftalk, xwhich generally rifes to the height of twelve or fix 

 ches above the foliage, and divides into a number of little lateral branches, tha 



bear fo many fingle fl 



When the plant begins to (h 



leaves become of a fine fcarlet colour toward 



ftalk. and 



bloflbm 

 me fo 1 



the 

 the 



fruit begins to ripen, but it then begins to change, and afterwards fades gradually 

 away — -*'•••« 



nut; 



The fruits of this pi 



fep 



and each nearly of the fize of a wal 



\ the pulp has an agreeable fweetnefs joined with fuch a ftiarpnefs 

 make much ufe of it, or let it lie for any time in the mouth, 



if you 

 de the 



nd gums, fo as to make the blood ouze from thdfe tender parts. The pulp 



Diced and laid in fugar or fyrup 



2 



worms; and I doubt 

 leaves of all the forts 



frequently given to children for 



but it may be very effectual on thofe occafions 



The 



th 



in particular) being ftripped of 



P 



u 



yields 



ftrong thready fubftance not much inferior to hemp, which is commonly ufed in ropes 

 and whips by the wainmen in that part of the world, and made into hammocks among 

 the Spaniards. Induftry may probably find better ufes for this fubftance in time. 



RENEALMIA 



1. 



Parafitica, caule Ji I if or mi ramofo, geniculato, longijjimo ', 

 joliis fubulatis. 



Renealmia filiformis intorta. L. H. C. & Sp. PI. & Gro. Virg. 

 Vifcum Cariopkylloides tenuijjimum, &c. Slo. Cat. 77. & H. t. 122. 



Old-man's Beard. 



This flender parafitical pla 



found upo 



any parts of y 



but does 



northern 

 forefts. 



grow fo common nor fo 



tly there as it does in the more 



f the main continent, wh 



provinces c 



It is frequently imported toy 



of the fadlers and coach- maket 

 with mis weed 



lie. it is laid to over- run whole 

 from North America , for the ufe 

 ly (tuff their pannels, cufhions, &c. 



f 



>r New France, and the other neighbouring fettlements, this plant 



athered and ftripped cf the bark ; and the fibres, which are very 



ke, and no ways inierior to horfe-hair, made into matrelTes, cufhions, pannels, &c. 



Thefe fibres are only the lignous or internal body of the weed, which is manufac 



In LouiJi< 

 try carefully 



red there in the following manner, viz. When they have 

 plant as they think necefTary, they tie it loofety into bundl 



ter, 



burv it under ground in a moift pi 



the bark 



up, boiled in water, and wa(hed until the fibres are quite cleared of the pulp 



gathered as much of 



d fink it in wa- 

 it is then taken 



d 



thefe 



not 



fed 



ftead of horfe-hair, but are fo very like it, that a man 



E 



cannot 









