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noflris autem homimhm multi fitt moriehaniur 
licet a J hoc iter apud ijlos Carchconos mediocri aqu£ copia 
ms injiruxerantus. Invefiiebamus autem in hoc itinere^ 
radicem fupra terram estaHtem^ magm lataque folia ha- 
lentem^ in quihm aqua tanquam in vafe aliquo tnafiet^ 
nec inie effunditur^ nec etiam tarn facile confumitur^ capit- 
que una harum radicum aqu£ circiter dimidiam wenfuram. 
And Cape. Dampier^ in his Voyages, Vo)>. xd of Cam- 
peche, p. f 6. fays thus. 
' The Wild Pine is a Plant, fo called , becauft it 
fomewhat refembles the Bufli that bears the Pine : they 
Vaie commonly fupported, or grow from fome Bunch, 
* Knot or Excrefcence of the Tree, where they take root 
' and grow upright. The Root is fliort and thick, from 
* whence the Leaves rife up in Folds, ont within ano- 
* ther, fpreading off a; the top : They are of a good 
* thick Subftance, and about Ten or Twelve Inches long, 
^theoutfide Leaves are focompaft, as to contain the 
' Rain Water as it falls, they will hold a pint and a half 
'or a quart : and this Water refreflies the Leaves, and 
* nourifhes the Root. When we find thefe Pines, we 
* flick our Knives into the Leaves, jult above the Roots, 
' and that lers out the Water, which we Catch in our 
' Hats, as 1 have done many times to my great Relief, 
There are fome Contrivances in Plants growing irr 
fonrie Europe\Qomt near thefe of this kind of Vegetables in 
particulars. The Virga pafloris^ or wild teafel, (and 
moft P/^i»/5 call'd Perfoliated) has its Leaves enclofing 
its Stalky and fo fet by pairs oppofice to one another, and 
joined by their Bafes, that they make a hollow place 
fit to contain feme Water, which though open, yet with- 
out doubt, contributes to the perfeding ol the Plant 
Several 
