PETIVERIANA III, &c. 
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- .9 White Hovey-ftickle. Grows branched and always in low 
moift gtound : This and the following jJower in April 
and May. 
-^.o Jagged Honey- fuckle. Becaufe \t% Flower t ate deeper cut, 
This grows in tlear dry Ground. 
L'^x Swamp Hone-i'fuckle. Grows in fwampy Woods and 
River Sides about x or 3 Foot high and bears a gitat Bunch 
of fine white Flowers. 
152 Wood Hovsj- fuckle. About a Foot high; hs Flowers 
on fmall FootUalks, feveral together from the m.4in Scock 
which is not thicker than a Wheat ih^w. 
253 Woodbind. Is here evergreen and long in Floiver. 
154 Jalmin Cl)-mer. From the Shape of its Lftaf, b, t larger ; 
it grows round Trees, and makes a fine Shnde aiid aqui^k 
grower ; 'tis an Ornamental Plant with a Hack Bcny. 
155 Scarlet Trumpet-Vme. Makes a fine Jihoiir, bears a 
large red Bell- Flower and a long Coi. 
256 Maycock. A Summer C//mc>-, with a glorious Flower, 
it bears an AffUy of an agreeable Sweet mixt with 
Sowre. 
ZSl Lafks'heel-tree. From th; refemblance of its F/owm. 
258 Yellow Jafmin. Of a pleafant Smell, growing iv.Woods. 
SECT. 4. pVinf-Twi, Shrubs and Puflies, f/z. 
259 Red-Cherry, A large Tree in the Woods, nut much unlike 
the Cornel beiry. 
z6o Clufter cherry. Grows high and in Bunches like Currnns, 
they have a biiterifh Iweet JieliJI?, and yield a crimfon 
Juice. 
261 Black ^72^ white Amerkan Damfons. Thele grow on axi 
the banks aioiig the Co.t/?. 
Z62 BoxHznH. From the leZ/owne/i of its Jf'oo^?, wnich is 
fomewhat porous : The F/u;/ has a P/j^/cdi Taiie. 
2(^3 Fir/y Indian r/w??j. This makes a fine Shew when in 
Flower. 
264 Late /7ii7^2?! Plum. Its Blojfovn white, fmall, and very 
fweet, the Fruit red and palatable, 
2*55 Wild Fig^. Grows up the Mountains in Virginia. 
266 Co7«»ion red Mulberry, /i very fweet and one of our ear- 
lieft Frwi?,iU'Xt the Strawberry, 
267 White Mulberry, Very common and fit for SUk-worms. 
a68 B/flfit Mulberry. Swri a fmall Frwi^ but very fweet. 
z6q Papau. Bears an >^f;/<! of the Size of a /fen'j yellow, 
foft, and very fweet; ofthefethey make rare Puddings, 
its Leaves very broad and ftoTiei large, 
270 Summer Perfimon. Agrees with all Soils. 
271 Winter Perfmon. Beeaule the Fruit ripens not till the 
Fro// appears . 
272 Black Gt afe, With a pale Flefli-coloured ]n]ce. 
2-73 Black ^MWfw giaj e. Jci/tfj a ciimlon Juice, grows com- 
mon and bears i^lenufully ^ they aie o!: a good /ft/;/?" but 
fmall, yet have a large Stms vnl thick. 
27 > Black ^MW??;^*- x gr^.pe. Ripens wuh the next in Jtily, 
freouent \nF,w.vnps : \\<i kAV nioiU Ground. 
F'/j'.'^e Summer Fox-pape- This and the h/1 grow not 
in Clufiers, h;.viog but 5 or 6 in a Bunch and ripen in 
the Shodtf ; th^y dre nbouf ihc Sise of a Damfon. 
276 Black ^f'iwfer Fox-grape, /^i^crjj in Stptembtr m all Soils, 
but moll plentifully on ihc Sa>,dy S(.-a Coalls. 
277 V/hite Wnnei Fox g) ape. The Frtut clear and tranfpa- 
rent, with I'maller Grains ; This and the foregoing are 
pleafant, but all glutinous. 
278 Red Haw. Of an agreeable Taile, and four tim?s as big 
as ours In Europe. 
279 Hhck Haw, A llender Trej : Thefi are eattn both by 
Men a.ndE-irdi. 
z^o hhck berries. Are biuetijhj and not fo palatable as in 
England. 
.181 Ehie Bilberry. Not unlike our cotnmon £72^/7/;. 
1^2 Great Biberry. Grot^s mSuvanas, Meads, and V/oods : 
This has both 2 larger Fruit and ijLed, 
283 S^iall Bilberry. As pl afant as the blue, but larger ; 
grows 3 or 4 Foot hig!', in low ^ood^GrounJ, and Rjver- 
banki. 7 • , 
"84 Tree Bilberry. Grows 10 or 12 Foot h'gh, and as thick as 
' a i^an s Arm, in Jow Giouudi j the Fiuu is pleafant and 
bears much. , t, , r 
•>85 April Cvrrar.s. A very beautiful Tree, on ihe Banks oi 
~ Rivers, in Clayey Ground^ its a pictiy Fruu,hu'. gfjne 
2{::6 Bermudas G^rr.Tn/ A BuOIj^'-ob'J in tiie ^oo^i, like cur 
Er.gliJI), and much eaten by foiiic. 
7 VI liner Cwr.ms, A pretty luihy Tree, abmt 7 or'8 Foot 
■ ■ high, very Iprending ; are ripe in 08:dher: They make 
Tares of them, and dry ihtm isillead of Cu>rans. 
275 
COM. V. Some American Plants, with their Speeifick Vertuet 
and Wonderful EffeSs, lately fent me by the Reverend iLtid 
Learned Dr, Cotton Mather, at Bofion in New Englandy^nd 
Fellow of the Royal Society, London. 
288 Ophiophuga, Cottonis Mather. 
Hieracium Novae Angliae Succifje folio, Fhr. parvis ramo- 
lis ^^oh. 
A Poultifs of this bruifed and laid to the Part bitten by 
the Rat tls' Snake, it immediately fetches out the Deadly 
Poyfon i it's alfo remarkable, that if put into the Shoes, 
no Serpent will dare to come near them. A Tea of it ii 
a good (Iphthalmick, C. M. 
B. I have already 4 or 5 different Sorts of thefe Rat- 
tle-Snake Plants from Carolina, Virginia and Maryland, 
and this, another, altogether new to me. 
189 Caltha Sylvatica or Wood Marygold, C. M. 
Flos Solis N. Anglia,{QL fefElibis fcabris, ca«/etuben»e, 
Nob. This is, perhaps, the greatefi Vvlnerary in the 
World ; a Balfam of the green Leaves, with Oil Olive, 
cures the mod grievous PunSures of the Nerves, and 
Cuts of all Sorts, with an admirable Efficacy and 
Quicknefs, ordinary Wounds in 4 or 5 Hours, to the 
great Aflonilhment of the Patient, and extraordinary- 
Cuts in a very few Days at fartheft. The Indians will 
fi^ht like S/lilton's DeviU, if this Traumatick be neat 
ihem,C. M. 
This fort of Americk Chryfanthemum, Dr. Mori/on alh 
Fofacan, and now grows in our Phyfick Garden at 
Chelfey. 
290 Great But Comfry. A fort of Caryophyllata Avens, or 
Herb Bennet. 
291 Small Bur Comfry. It does Wonders in internal Wounds, 
Tdieves Oppref/wns in the Stomach, from clotted Blood, 
not to be parallcl'd, C M. This feem^ another fort of 
vens, but being without Flower or Seed, I cannot determine 
it, J. P. 
292 Forniofa, C. M. by the Indians Satanfchoo. Two Spoon- 
fuls of the Water in which this Herb is boiled, cures the 
Malady which we call the Stomacb-ach, as alfo Inflamma- 
tions of the Eyes, being wafhed with h,C. M, This 
with us is called ihe Cardinal- flower, from its beautiful 
fcarlet Co}our. Vid. Ray Hill. Plant, 746. 
^93 Taututtipoag,So called by the Indians. 
The whole Plant with the Root boiled and applied to the 
Face, cures what we call the Ague there, and alfo any 
Tumour ; it alfo does Wonders in Cancers and other 
Ulcers by bathing. A Tea of this inwardly, and a 
Pultifs to the Part grieved, is the grand Medicine here 
for the foul Difeafe, CM, This is a fort of Geranium 
Batraehoides, /oH^iw; radicatum, Ray 3i.p.io6i. 
294 Fagiana or Cancer Rape, C. M. Orohanche ramofa N. 
yivgliA, fub Fagis nafcens. Nob. A Pultifs of this Plant 
laid to the Part, and a Tea of it inwardly, does Wondsrs 
in Cancerous znd Scrophulout Cafes, as alfo in Malignant- 
Fevers ; it Itrengthens and invigorates after Fatigues and 
Wearinefs. Grows only under Beech Trees in fbady Places, 
from Midfummer till Autumn. 
COM. VI. Divers Mifcellany Curiofities fent me frcm Bombay 
and Callecut, hy Mr. Alex. Chriflie, Surgeon, refiding in 
thofe Parts, 
295 Papiiio major e nigro & pallidc caetulefcente, alis inferU 
oribus finuoiis maculilque atris ornatis , e Callecut. 
296 Libella a\ci]Qx, apicibus alarum /^inceam, alis inferiorihus 
amplis maculis e Callecut. 
The following Shells from Bombay. 
297 Cot/j/e<5 auriculata, /^r/ciii caftaneis, pulchieobliquis 6.1- 
zophjl. Natur. Tab. lor. Fig, 9. 
298 Cochlea umbihco magno finuolo, maculis caftaneis'. Gas, 
Nat Tab. lo.l. Fig. lO. ^ ' 
299 Buccinum oblongum minus, coflis ©btufis parcb elatis. 
Gaz. Nat. Tab. loi. Fig. 14. 
300 Buccinum bievs minus,coJiis dense pofiti^. G. N. T. ipl. 
15- 
301 Murex breve minus, /^j/cifi fpinofis. G. N. loS'.iS. 
301 Ve-neroides exilis alba,/ii/<riii duobus rubelcentibus. G.N. 
J02. f. 13. . 
"303 Fz/rciKU?« dentatum album, cojlis obliquis. G, N, lOK 
: ' • . f.xi. 
304 Rhombus fafciis, capillaribus fufcis, cingulo medio alho. 
' G' N. loi. 17. ■ 
-305 O/jerca/ww album ,.intus auruum. G. N.,io2. f. 21. , 
106 Rubeola eredla, fpica. Typhoides- c^j-w/e^. Found in 
I'wampy Groiiuds, the' latter -EndjOf- the Rfins. 
LQNDOjSI, tri;iu:d ihe Author in Alderjgate-fireet, UDCCXVlh 
