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lentu m adeo et flexile efle, cum primum e terra eruitur, retulerit, 

 ut viminis inftar, in quamvis partem trahi poffit ac flecti. Fibris 

 conftat obliquis ex nodis hinc inde, plane inftar radicis majoris 

 cujufdam arboris. In iis locis iilandiaV ubi magna copia eruitur, 

 terra ad duas ulnas effoffa, nullas plane funt arbores, aut iuifle un- 

 quam, animadverti poteft. Quo circa nefcio, an eorum probari 

 poffit opinio, qui exiftimant, hie olin fylvas fuifle, quae reliclis 

 radicibus, incendio conflagraverint. Radicum vero truncos a Ricco 

 fubterraneo vitriolato colorem nigrum contraxiffe verofimilius. 

 Muf. Worm. p. 169. 



Lind, lime-trees, great quantities of thefe are found in certain 

 places, both with large, clear, and fmall dark leaves. The pea- 

 fants with the bark make very elegant butter-bafkets, or other 

 veffels for the carriage of the butter; likewife lines for hufbandry, 

 and alfo for fifhing. 



Lon, acer major, the maple alfo grows here, but little ufe is 

 made of it. 



Piil, willows of feveral kinds are to be found in many places, 

 but made no account of, except by the goats, who feed with 

 pleafure on its juicey and bitter bark; though of one kind called 

 falina, the bark is ufed for tanning fkins; the broad-leaved kind, 

 the leaves whereof underneath are woolly, goes here by a very 

 long and ftrange nick-name, Traet fomfanden flaaede geden 

 under, i. e. the tree under which the devil flead the goats. What 

 traditional fable gave occafion to this, I know not, but probably 

 it arofe from hence, that as the goats delight in ftripping thefe 

 trees, as has been faid, fome one has conceited, that the devil by 

 way of retaliation, under this tree ftrips or fleas the goats, in their 

 turn. But whilft I am writing this, I have received from an in- 

 genious hand a more probable conje&ure on the caufes of this 

 name, that feveral fmall threads, or filaments like goats-hair lie 

 betwixt the wood and the bark. He further informs me, that a 

 decodion of thefe fibrillar is of a Angular virtue in curing the 

 icurvy. Whether this tree is to be found in other countries I 

 cannot fay *. 



Rofentrae, the rofe-bufh, bears here, as well as in other places, 

 red, white and yellow rofes, both double and finele 



Ronne, 



