N i he Natural Hiftory 



32. Penguins, Bears an edible Fruit, 6v£ 

 Inches long $ its Flowers blewifh, with 

 white Threads, the Leaves very like Aloes. 



33. Tail Pepper Grows five or fix foot 

 high • taftes like long Pepper 5 is gathered in 

 O&obermd November, five or fix Inches long 

 and fomewhat crooked : The Root fmells 

 like Time, and wonderfully cures Impo- 

 fturnes. 



34. Narrow leaved Tail Pepper. Is com- 

 mon in the Woods 3 the Fruit longer than 

 the laft. 



45. The Dwarf Plumb. Grows about a 

 foot high , bears Wiliow-like Leaves in 

 pairs, ending fingle, the Flowers yellow, 

 as is its Fruit, and fweet, but neverthelefs 

 is not eaten- 



36. The Chifler Plumb. Has Leaves thick, 

 roundifh and {liming : The Flowers five 

 leaved, fmall andwhitifh 5 the Fruit edible, 

 w r hen ripe of a dark red. 



37. The Granat Plumb. Is fweetifti and 

 well tafted, yellow when ripd, and full of 

 fmall Grains ; a Tea made of the Pvoot, is 

 excellent in Fluxes: Of the Fruit they 

 make a Marmalade, like tl|at of Quinces. 



38. Rats-bane. The Leaves of this grow 

 two or three together 5 the Flowers red, 

 but Foot fb Iks Saffron coloured 5 the Root 

 is an Antidote againft the Poyfon of its 

 Flowers and Leaves. 



39. Blew berried Rat s-baHe- Is a certain 

 Poyfon, both to Man and Beaft. 



40. Balfami'ch 



