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The root of this plant i^ reckoned a good diuretic and aperitive; but the tender 

 fprouts, efpecially thofe of the fixth and ieventh growth, are chiefly ufed for food j 

 chey are very delicate eating, and eafy of digeilion. 



SCURRULA? i. Parafitica foliis o r :atis oppofitis y racemis rarioribus ala- 



nous. 



The larger Scurrula> or Mifletoe, with hermaphrodite flowers. 



Periantium Duplex ; germinis, triphyllum parvum : foris, margo ger minis 



Integra. 



Corolla Hexapetala, quandoque pentapetala y pctalis lanccolat 



tibus 



Stamina. Filament a fex vel quinque i pet alii adnata & breviora: anthers 



oblongce. 



Piftillum. Ger men ovatum, calice proprio fuffultum y & fummitate for em 



fuftinens', ftylus ercttus JimpUx, longitudine J/oris-, iiigma 

 Jimplex. 



Pericarpium. Bacca oblongo-ovata fucculcnta fuperne fufca, ad bafim cro- 



cea, nucleo unico, nauco ligueo tc£to y rejcrta. 



This plant, as well as the following, 'approaches very much to the Vijcum, botli 

 by its berry and nature, but all the flowers are hermaphrodite ; and as Linneui has 

 already conftituted a genus under this denomination, that feems to be much of the fame 

 nature, I have placed thofe under it : I have however difpofed them according to 

 the number of the /lamina I myfelf have obferved in the frcih pl.ints. Tins /pedes 

 is frequently found on the Mangeneel trees about Hunts-bay ; and has been obferved 

 to grow into fmall twiggy (hrubs beyond the Carecning-place, on the Pali/ados, 



SCURRULA ? 2. Parafitica foliis majoribus fubrotundis y fpicis-florum fi 



plicibui, alaribus. 

 Vifcum latioribus & fubrotundii joliii. Slo. Cat. 1 68 . 6c H. t. 200. 

 An y Vifcum foliis ovat'u racemii lateralibus ? L. Sp. PI. 



The largeft Scurrula^ or Mifletoe, with hermaphrodite flowers. 



All the flowers of this plant have fix filaments and petals conftantly; but 

 the germen buifts, as it were, out of the fide of the flower-fpike, and is conse- 



quently deprived of a proper cup. I found this plant upon fome pomegran 



Mr. Hall's garden, near Hope- river in L 



POLIANTHES 1. Caule /implici laxe fpicato y fpathii vagis imbricato 

 Poliamhes. L. Gen. & Sp; PI. 



Tuberofa. Heift. 



The Tuberous. 



This plant israifed, and thrives very well, in all the gardens about King/Ion 

 planted much for the fake of its fweet-fcented bloflbms, and makes a prettj 



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flower-garden 



ALOE 1. Foliis turgid'n ciliato-dentatii purpurafcentibin, fcapo for if en 



tifjurgenti fpicato. 

 Aloe foliis fpinofi confertis dentatii vaginantibus plants macuiatis. L. H 



C. & Sp. PI. 

 Aloe Diofc. & aliorum. Slo. Cat. 1 15. 



Caraguata 3*. Pif. 193. 





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The Aloes Plant, or Setnp 



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