150 SIR HANS SLOANE's LIST OF PLANTS. [appendix. 



berries are used for sauce, Math., before pepper was found, 

 as Pliny tells us ; the fruit of this was made use of in its 

 place. 



" Myrtus communis lusitanica. Linn. Sp. pi. 664. 



" Lycium folio oblongo, serrato acuminato spinis minoribus ar- 

 matum. Cat. pi. Jam., p. 171. 



" This seemed to differ very little from the common 

 Lycium, only the leaves were longer, serrated, and pointed, 

 and the pi'ickles were not so large. 



" Palma prunifera foliis yucca, fructu in racemis congestis 

 cerasi formi, duro, cinereo, pisi magnitudine, cujus lachryma 

 sanguis draconis est dicta. Comm. cat. Amst., p. 260. 



" I found this in the Island of Madeira, in the hedges, 

 very plentifully, though not very large. It is found in the 

 islands Socotora, Borneo, Canaries, Madagascar, and (Aluise 

 de Cadamosto ap. Piam., pr. vol. p. 105) at Porto Santo, 

 where they cut the trees at the foot, and next year find the 

 gum, which they desiccate in water by boiling and purging. 

 The fruit is yellow, and ripe in March, and good to eat. 



" The tree is pierced near the bottom, and so yields the 

 gum. The fruit cools and alters, and is proper in fevers. 

 Cinaber du Dioscorid. Thevet. 



" It is adulterated with Rubrica and Colophony. Casalp. 



" Lobels leaf is the Spatha, in all likelihood. Lugd. 



" The gum is used by goldsmiths for a foile and enamel, 

 and by glaziers for colouring glass. Park. 



"It is used to strengthen the gums and teeth, in 

 bloody excretions, fluxes, &c. Joust. 



" Dracaena Draco. Linn. Syst. Nat. 246. 



