C 9*3 ) 
Years fince, and being very Curious and Undemand- 
ing in thefe Matters, did bring with him a Specimen or 
Sample of its Leaves and Flowers on the Twig, which 
is figur'd N°. i. and its Seed, figured N°. %. and like- 
wife told me the feveral Particulars relating to it, in the 
following Defcription, by which I cannot reduce it to 
any of our kind of Plants, fo well as to the Perklyme* 
mm, and therefore fhall call it, tho 5 k differs in many 
things from the Honyfuckle, 
Periclymenum re SI urn foliis I a ur in is Corf ice acri dro»- 
matico. 
He affured me that this Tree rofe to be higher and 
larger than an Apple-Tree, fpreading very much both 
in Root and Branches. The Twigs had on them Leaves 
of a light-green colour on their upper fide, (landing on 
I Inch-long foot-ftalks, are an Inch and half long, and 
an Inch broad in the middle where broadeft,and whence 
they decreafe to both ends, ending blunt. The Flowers 
come ex alis foliontm> ftanding on | Inch- long foot- 
ftalks, two, three, or more of them together, fame- 
thing like thofe of * the Periclymenum § each of them 
are Milk-white, Pentapetalous, and fmell like Jafmine, 
to which fucceeds an Oval Berry, made up of two, 
three, or more Acinsor little Berries, ftanding together 
on the fame common foot-ftalk, of a light-green colour 
with fbme black fpots ; and in thefe Berries are con- 
tained feveral black Aromatic Seeds, fomething like the 
ftones in Grapes. 
It grows in the middle of the Straits of Magellan 
very plentifully. 
The Leaves of this Tree were ufed with other Herbs 
by Wix.Handifyd for Fomentations in feveral cafes with 
very good fuccefs : But he admired mod the ufe of the 
Bark inwardly, boyling half a Dram of it with feme 
Carminative Seeds, and giving it fo to thofe of the 
Ship who were under his Care, very much affli&ed with 
