Part II. in the CviY. AT I on. 209 



fords us in a Plant by him obferved in the Ifland 

 of Jamaica, and delcribed by the Title of ViJ^ 

 cum Caryophiikides Maximum flore tripetalo paU 

 tide luteo, Jhnine filamentojo, which is commonly 

 caird, in that 'ifland, Wild Pine, Philofopb. 

 "TrajifaB, N° 251. Page 114. I fliall not tran- 

 fcribe the whole Defcription, bat only that Pare 

 of it which relates to this ParticuUir : " From 

 '' the Root (wliich he had defcribed before) arife 

 " Leaves on every fide, after the manner of 

 '' Leeks, or Ananas y whence the Name of 

 '* Wild' Pine, or Aloes, being folded or inclofed 

 " one within another, each of which is two 

 '' Foot and an half long, and from a three Inch 

 " Breadth at Beginning, or Bafe, ends in a 

 " Point, having a very hollow or concave in- 

 *^ ward Side, and a round or convex outward 

 *-' one : So that by all their hollow Sides is made 

 " within a very large Prefervatory Ciftern or Ba- 

 *' fin, (it to contain a pretty Quantity of Water, 

 ^ which in the ruiny Seafon ialls upon the ut- 

 " moil Parts of the fpreading Leaves, which have 

 " -Chanels in them, conveying it down to the 

 " Ciftern where it is kept, as in a Bottle, the 

 " Leaves, after they are fvvelled out like a bul- 

 ** bous Root to make the-Bottle, bending inward 

 " or coming again clofe to the Stalk, by that 

 " means hindring the Evaporation of the Wa- 

 " ter, by the Heat of the Sun-Beams. 



'* In the mountainous, as well as the dry 

 " low Woods, ip Scarcity of Water, this Re- 

 *■ fervatory is nor only neceflary and fufficienc 



P '' for 



