out it, every figure, efpeclally of a new fpe- 
cies, muft be deemed imperfed. 
Moft of the plates of plants exhibit alfo 
feme fubje(5t of the animal kingdom. To 
thefe my plan does not extend ^ but I will 
in the note enumerate fome of the moft 
remarkable of the vegetable clafs. As Mr. 
Catesby 
* I. Of thofe ufcd in food or medicine, I feled^: the fol- 
lowing : The Chinkaijin, Fagiis pumila ; the nuts of 
v/hich are preferred to chefniits, and ftored by the Indians 
for winter food. The live Oak, ^srcus Phellos |3. of 
which the acorns yield an oil not inferior to that of Al- 
monds. The Snake»root, Ariftolochia Virginiana well 
known in medicine. The May-apple, Podophyllum peU 
tatu?n J ufed as ipecacuanha in Carolina, The Hiccory 
tree, Juglans alba ; the nuts afford excellent v/inter pro» 
vifion among the Indians^ and yield fine oil ; the young 
wood preferred for hoops, and the old for nre-wood. 
The China root of Carolina^ S?nilax Tamnoides, Saffafras- 
tree, Laurus Sajfafras \, ufed in Virginia for intermittents* 
The Cocco, and Tyre, Arum Colocafia \ of w*hich the 
roots are eaten by the Negroes, after deftroying the 
acrimony by boiling. Ilathera Bark, Croton Cajcarilla, 
I.aurel-leaved Canella, Canella alba ; well known in the 
ihops, and ufed as Winter's bark. The Callena, or Ya.- 
pon of the Indians^ Prims glaber; in great repute as a 
reftorative. The Virginian Potatoe or Eattatas, ConvoU 
^ulus Battatas ; of general ufe as food among Whites as 
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