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friaits cvaU the leaves ferve for many external and fome 
internal ufes> the Seeds are of a Soporiferous quality, as 
the known Datura* 
Here are two forts of Ericu mentioned^ which are A* 
pocynums^ whofe feed veflels the Arabians call Beid elOjfar^ 
which others name Betdel^ar^ which is Apocjnum majus 
Syriacum reUum Cornuti, 
. Ayanacuceu Citavanacu of our Author- is ^icinus Ameri" 
cams of others, of which here are feveral forts and fhapes. 
He fees forth among many others a curious Shrub called 
"Nandi'Ervatam major & minor bearing large odoriferous 
-flowers^ for whofe fweetnefs they are entertained into their 
gardens, one whereof was brought over and prefented to 
the rrince Orange ^ and did ^ if not doth grow in his 
Garden ztHonf clear dick^\^\nQ\\ our Annotatour calls Syringa 
Malabarienjis laSefcensflore niveo pleno odoratijjinw. 
Divers others are fet forth worth obfervation whofe de- 
fcriptions are good and whofe vertues feem to be peculiar, 
if not Jpecifick, 
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Horti Indict Malabarici pars tertia &c. Amjielodami 
Anno 1682. 
' This third part the before mentioned Excellent H. van 
l{heed hath dedicated to the Indian King in whofe Domini^ 
ons himfelf lived feveral years, and there coUefted, and 
made his obfervation of what that Country afforded, who 
hopes by his prpmife of true relation that his account of 
fo many new and moft wonderful plants and tre^s may not 
be apprehended an uograt^ful work^^ fmce the greateft 
pare thereof are liich as have not been mentioned by any 
Europcean Author^ complaning of thofe who fluff the^ VVQ^id 
with iiew books of formerly known Subje^s, - ^ ; ' - : ; 
In his furvey of the J^oods md Mountains with 410 fmali 
pleaf>4re^ he could bm obferve almoft levery free 
to 
