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VIII. An Account of BOOKS. 
I. Horti Jndici Malabarici. 
Pars Quart*, Qtrinta & Sexta. 
With fome Remarks upon them by T. R. M. D, 
& R. S. 
TH E three firft Volumes of this Work having 
been taken notice of in the Pbilofiphkal Tranf- 
aftionS) N. 155. from pag, 100. to pag. 109. I (hall 
continue the Account ot the reft, in which the Heer 
Van Rheede (lately the Worthy Governour of Malabar \ 
now chief Intendant of all the Dutch Colonies in India) 
gives a moft illuftrious Specimen of his Ind-uftry and 
Generofity, as alfo a noble Example to other Ikfxdents in 
Foreign Countries, having at leifure Hours Colle&ed, 
Defign'd, Painted, Defcrib'd, and learnt the Natural Pro- 
duds, together with their XJfes in Trade, Diet and Me* 
tlicine ; and all in order to communicate his Difcoveries 
to the World, amidft his many great Employments in 
the Commonwealth both at Home and Abroad. 
This Fourth Tome contains Sixty One Trees, Shrubs 
and Arborefcent Herbs, together with their Sculps and 
Defcriptions from the Life ,• particularly of their Flow- 
ers, Fruits, Seeds, and their VefTels, (the Symbolical 
and Effefttial Marks of Plants) negle&ed, or eife uncb- 
ferved by the Ancients, whofe Genius and Spirit pene- 
trated very deep in moft things, except Natural Hiftory, 
in 
