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6. Laurus MadrafpatanaCi??/e//^ alh£ fiiHsJ^ung^hiMaL 6. 
This is a fiiiall Tree about 8 or lo loot high : the^'^^^^^- 
Fruit of this boyl'd and beat to a pulp, applied to '""^ 
/tve/W He^^j- cures them, as alfothe Itch 3 but the- OjL 
of the Fr/^/> by expreffion is much better, and may be 
alfo taken inwardly. S. B. 
7. Chryfanthemum Orientate foliis crlJphMuCPetwer 575 ^ 
Conjiza minor Iodise Orien tab's, NeUpu MalaborumM^^/^. Syno- 
Alm, Bat. 55. It may alfo be the Chryfanthemum Bengha- M^^'Pe- 
lenfe angujiifolium fujUlum fummo eaule ramofum of the river 373. 
fame Author in his Phytogr. Tab. 21. Fig. 4. the Fijinre ^,^^^^ 
- . , r r • r f ^ Aim. Bot. 
being taken from a poor Ipecimen, as many of his o- 55. piuL 
thers are. ^^-H- 4- 
It grows a foot or two high, has an Herhy or Grafs- 
///^e tafte : thQ Natives mix with this 8 orj 10 other 
Ingredients^ give it in Fevers. S» B, 
8. Mnladundee Malab. g. 
Capparis fpinofa, dnplicatis fpinis foL acuto Mus. Peti- ^"^p^^j^' 
ver. 625. VoUl^'^ 
Dr Plukenet hath given a very imperfeft Icon of this ^is.fig. 7» 
in his lojth Table Fig. 3. under the improper Epithet 
of Rhamnm. It may alfo hQ his Ramnus fortes ArbufcuU 
Bvonymifolio fpinis gemelUs Madrafpatana Tab. 218. 
Fig. 7. being very like it, and coming from the fame 
place. 
There are three forts of this Tree, of all v/hich they 
boy 1 the Bark of the Root in either G<;<? or Gingelee 
Oyl to cure Scabs and Itch , but take it not inwardly as 
I can learn ; This is a trayling prickly Plants riles a- 
bout 14 or 1 5 foot high, and is fupported by TreeSjC^t*. 
I take it for a fpecies of Capers. S. B. 
9.Aromatick Eye-bright fromM^?(^r^j5?/z^rf^.Marre-pon- 9. 
du MaUb, This v^hen frefh, has a weak but pretty 
aromatick fmell, it bears a white Ilower^ which when 
dry looks blewifh. S. J3. 
This 
