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Thé Natural Fiifiory of the Book VIII. 
The SpanisH-NEEDLE. 
HIS under fhrubby Plant grows in moft Parts of the Ifland. It has 
: | many {mall fibrous Roots. On every Footftalk ftand three fharp- 
pointed ferrated Leaves, fet on in a triangular manner, the oppofite to the 
Stalk being the longeft. i 
The Flowers are compofed. of a fiftular yellow Thrum, partly furround- 
ed with three white Petals. Thefe are divided at the Top into two deep 
narrow Sections, which gives each Leaf the Appearance of three. The Seed- 
veflels are very fmall long blackifh Spikes, furrounding the Top in a 
Whorl-fafhion, having their Ends very much bearded and jagged, inclofing 
very {mall longifh black Seeds. 
. This Plant is looked upon to be a good Vulnerary. 
IRON-VINE. 
Pi polls is a {mall creeping Vine, deriving its Name from the ferrugi- 
neous Colour of its Stalk and Leaves, The Roots penetrate deep into 
the Earth: The flender Side-branches bear upon half-inch Footftalks three 
tharp-pointed Leaves; the oppofite to the Centre being the longeft. ‘This 
is about an Inch and an half long, and an Inch broad; the two other 
Leaves fomewhat lefs. The Flower is very fmall, of a bluith Colour, and of 
the papilionaceous Kind. _ 
The whole Plant, when bruifed, yields a reddifh rough Juice; which, | 
if boiled into a Decoétion, and drunk, is looked upon to be of great Service in 
Diarrhoeas and Dyfenteries. This Plant flourithes in moft Places, efpecially 
in the Summer Months, when thefe are moft common. 
Down-VINeE. 
HISis a creeping Vine, bearing a great many heart-like Leaves 
as well as feveral Flowers, which are fucceeded by {mall Pods, filled 
with Down intermixed with fmall Seeds; the former ferving as Wings. to 
convey the latter over the adjacent Places. ‘This Vine grows chiefly in Gul- 
lies, and fuch fhady Places, 
. The Witp Dotty, 
ah. Plant rifes about twenty Inches. Its Roots are fmall and fibrous. 
- ft ‘The Leaves'are fet three upon a Footftalk in Triparture-difpofition. 
Thefe are of a very deep-green Colour, and moderately ' fharp-pointed. 
From the Bofom of:the Leaves rife many fix-inch-long Spikes or Foot- 
ftalks ; Thefe are refpectively decorated at the Top with a beautiful purple 
papilionaceous Flower, and fucceeded by a three-inch-long narrow Pod, 
inclofing in feveral partitional Cells {mall -blackith: Seeds; or rather Peas. 
The 
