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S E C T. V. 



Botany. 



Itaque ifta quoque naturse rerum contemplatio, quam- 

 vis non faciat medicum, aptiorem tamen medicinae 

 reddit. 



Celsus. 



i. /T^HE feeds of almoft all the Indian plants 

 JL are worth collecting, they may be pre- 

 ferved in the manner prefcribed in feet. III. 



2. What trees bear the Myrobalans, a drug 

 formerly much in requeft, but at prefent in 

 little efteem as a medicine, but which might 

 probably afford fome ufe in dyeing ? What 

 fpecies of trees bear the Myrobalans bellirica, 

 chebula, citrina, and indica or nigra; whether 

 a kind of Phyllanthus as the Myrobalanus 

 emblica ? The ufe alfo of the fame in India ? 



3. Is the aloe- wood or Eagle-wood, the Ca- 

 lambac, and the Agallochus, the fame or dif- 

 ferent P The place from whence procured, with 

 the generic and fpecific characters ? 



4. Is the Orchel or Rochel (Lichen roccella, 

 Lin.) which is found in Madeira, and ufed to 

 dye red, a kind of Lichen or a Zoophyte ? Is 

 the fteeping it in putrid urine fufficient to pre- 

 pare it ? 



5. Where does the Lignum Rhodium grow ? 

 Is it a kind of Nycfanthes or Indian Jafmine? 



6. Of what genus and fpecies is the Tea- 

 wood, of which tea chefts are made ? 



7. What is the wood Tek on the Malabar 

 coaft, of which the Indian fliips are built ? Is it 



a fad 



