( 7i8) 
This he ftiles Armtdo farSa feu Juncus marinuf vl^ 
minens, magis or dinar ins ^ _ and fays, the Spamards at 
the Philliptnes call it Bexuco, and Rotta, and the Indi- 
ans there Vaj or Ovaj^ and the Fmk PaqHiti- 
Mr Brown fays this Rattan rifes 7 or 8 foot 
high, and Ipreads very much. The Root cures the 
Pox and Rhekmatifm from Venereal Caufe. The Fr///V 
is fowre, but pleafant and good to ear. 
17- 87. Tanne mutanea-mnga Malak 
Corruda ZejUnica P^eoni^ radicibus. 
This is .a very beautiful CUmer ^ but I have not 
yet obferved any Flower, Seed or Fruit that it bears, 
the Natives fay it has none : The Roots ^xq very nu- 
merous, fome a foot and half long, others (horter, fas 
you may fee by the fainple annexe,) They are about 
a Finger thick, like Eringo or Scorzonem, the Porth- 
gueze make Sweet-meats of it as of thofe, they are very 
^ooAmHectick Fevers and Confiimpions. S. B. 
This I have lately received, both with Flower and 
Berry, from Mr Edward Bulkf^y-, by the name of £- 
ringo. 
Tlie firft that I find takes notice of this Plant is Df 
Herman^ late Botanick Profejfor of the Leydcn Phyjickr 
Ueyd. 65. rig,Garden^ who in his Catalogue thereof, defcribes and 
figures this pag, 63. and its roots p. 650. under the ti- 
tle of Afparagm aculeatus maximm farmtntofus Zeylani- 
cus^ and fays the E^^^j- are fweet and pleafant, like 
our Scorzonera^ and therefore fo called by the Europe- 
ans 'm Cejlon, and by the Natives Hatawarija^ he adds, 
that the Inhabitants boyl thefe Roots in Milk or Broath^ 
or elfe picl^le them with Salt, Vineger, and Pepper, 
and efteem tliem amongfl: their Dainties. 
H. M/1/.V.J0. 1 take this alfo to hethe Schada-veli Kelangu 
* JMalab, Vol. 10. Tab. 10. p. 19. 
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