C 8; ) 
Afcenfion from the Hour of the Scars coming under the North- 
pole jou have the true Time of the Night tp a minute. 
At the latter end ofthe Book is to be foun<3, i. the Tabic of 
Logarithms for all numbers under loooo ; 2 .t^e Table of Pro- 
ponional parts^ 3,the Table of Sinesand Tangents toeach de- 
gree and lo' ; 4. a Table ofthe Prices of Commodities,ffom i 
to 10000 pounds,ells,yards,&c» 5. a Table comparing cheEn- 
glilh foot and pound with Forrain feet and pounds, 6.aTable 
for Gauging Casks not full 5 7. a Table of Meridional miles and 
parts ; 8. a Table of the Right Afcenfion ofthe Sun; and 9. ano- 
ther of the Longitude and Latitude of 100 notable fixed liars, 
with their right Afcenfions in degrees and time, and "Declina- 
tion for >^. i68o; with the difference for every ten years, to 
fupply them for ever. 
III. Icones dr Defcriptiones RJRIORUM FLJNTJRUM 
^ SicilU,tMeliU^GallUy& ltalU,Auth.VdXx\o Boccone, r^;?i?r- 
mium Skulo^&cc. E TheatroSheldoniano, 1 674. 
T HiS Indadrious and Skilfial Botanift, having fpent many 
years and much labor in the fearch after rare i Ian ts through 
Sicily Ju!/, and other Countries,thoughtfit to publifh part of 
thefia here in Englmd^'^Yitxt he was himfelf not long fince, and 
very generoufly left his engraven Plates and Manufcripts con- 
cerning the famejto be printed^asnow they are,in the fplendid 
Sh^ldoman Th^diM ^i Oxford, There are above an hundred 
• Plahts,reprefented in 45 Pjates,and thofe (afevv ones except- 
ed) not defcribed elfewhere.Amongft them is found a Fruit, in 
appearance ah Orenge^xit filPd with a Citron-pulp; to be mec 
- within the gardens at RhegiumdiX^&Meffim. There is alfo de- 
fcribed a certain Vungm of Sicily ^ with a blevvilh pulp, and a 
coriaceous fiiell,with the decodtion of which lat ter,they atMf/- 
^utd dye wool and cloth of a purplilh color.Notlce alfo is ta- 
ken o?3iKali Sculum^hdivifig fpmtimes a root bigger than a mans 
thigh,and y ieldi ng aflies exceeding ufeful to walh and whiten 
linnen. Nor may we pafs by xht Fungus Jyphoides coccineus of 
Mdltha, by reafonofitscelebraredaftringency andvertuein 
ftaunching-ot blood;nor the HeliotropiuT^ ofSicify^^^iih^Ro'^- 
er extraordinary both for bignefs and fweet fceat,&c* 
It is much wifhed,that this Author^whofc genius and abili- 
ties are coafiderable in theTearch and ftudy not only of Plants, 
/'■>»b^6W^il^ii^<^^ ' 'but 
