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many Species, called properly Ef 'tdendra^ and AnaAendra. 
As the Maravarasj an Arborefcent AloCy called fo 
from its Vegetation out of Trees ; many Scandent Ferns^ 
Harts-tongues^ Fdypcdies^ of which fome are Spi- 
fiofe, and ferve for Fences to their Gardens and Fields. 
Eneadi Kourengo^ a fort cf large Clul Mofi putting 
forth of the 'jack-Trees and Mangos. The Chr'tfttans of 
St, thomoi call it Flagellum S. Tkomce^ and the portuguefc 
Couda de S^^ Francijcot to which they afcribe many won- 
derful Vertues. This Teems to be defcribed by Breynius^ 
under the name of Selago Indice Orientalis.five Phlegma- 
ria admirahilis Ceylanka. 
Kalpanna-Maravaray a fine fort of Adiantum or Maiden* 
hair^ iprouting upon the Trees in ftony lhady places, ufed 
by the Indians in He6tickjPthtirick,and Aflhmatick cafes. 
To thefe I might add great variety of elegant Ferns 
delcribed and figured in this laft Part, but they will be 
beft known by eonfuking their lively PiUures, Thefe 
with many other different Herbs fpreading and running^ 
upon the Trees choak and venom them. Of ihzClimhivg 
Ferns the Wefi-Indies afFord many Species. 
The Author gives here fome new kinds of Indian Reeds^ 
Rujhes, Grajfes, Mofisy &c, for which the Work may be 
confultedj only it may be noted here, that the Natives 
are better acquainted with the ufes of all ihi^ix Simples 
than the European Nations are with .theirs, having in- 
deed more of pure Inflind: and undebauched Nature 
than thcCiviliz'd People can pretend to. ! 
Here ends the Admirable Produil of the UeVr Van 
Rheed; whofe Performances in the Fegetahle Hifi^y 
may perhaps raife up fome Succejfor to carry on the like 
in the Animal and Fofftly v»^hich leem to lye uncultivated, 
and referved for a Second Rheed. Befides thefe, another 
fort of Hijlory woald become the Greatefl Men that re- 
fide in either Indiay I mean that of. the Arts^ and Me- 
chanicks pradifed by tlie Natives, or by Strangers, of 
equal Advantage to Mankind with the Natural, both de- 
pending on each other. A 
