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VI. An Account of BOOKS. 
I. Horti Indiei Malabarici. 
Pars Septima, O&ava, & Nona ; /we 
Remark^ upon them. 
THE Six firft Tomes being abbreviated in the Philo- 
foph. Tranfatt. N. 145, and N. 198. This proceeds 
wicnthe yth 9 8th and 9^, the fruitful Product of that 
great Maecenas of the Botanick, and other Natural Stu- 
dies, the Noble Heer Van Rheed y whofe vaft Defigns be- 
ing not confin'd to Afia alone, have already fiirvey'd 
and deicrib'd the moft luxuriant part of Africa, which 
he intends to publilh (after the finifhing of thefe his 
Oriental Difcoveries) with the fame Fidelity, Exadtnefs 
and Magnificence that we fee in the admirable Work 
before us. 
The yth Part treats of Scandent and Baccifercus 
Shrubs, the greateft part whereof were never taken 
notice of by any Writer, or elfe but very imperfedly 
touch'd upon : As the Natsjatam or Battavalli, which is 
the Ca.cculus Indkus of our Shops, us'd in Ointments 
or Paftes for the intoxicating of Fifli, and driving away 
Lice and Vermine. It is femper-virent, and grows in 
fandy placea up and down the Kingdom of Malalar, and 
other Eaftern Countries : The Leaves are thick fet, of 
the ihape of a Heart, and of a bitter tafte. The Flowers 
come out in Clufters, are monopetalofe, with five La- 
cinia or Incifures, all refk&ed, like thofe of the Night- 
jhade, fending forth an Odour like that of pMar. To 
thefe 
