( 7^2 ) 
vhtute pr^efcantiffimas effe alferit, denique fubjungit 
ferciliflimam efle banc plantam, quaeque plufquam ciccem 
millia^^Teminum gignit. 
Hujus ufurpantur folia, fenien, quod prse cseteris 
partibus laudat praefeftus ille nofter nofoconiii Zeyla- 
nenfis, Radix, caules & rami. 
Folia Lefta antequam flores prodeunt in umbra Sic- 
cata & in pulverem comminuta dantur in convenienti 
vchiculo aut aquse calidse infunduntur, bibiturqne ea 
inf ufio inftar intufionis herbse The. infunduntur & Spir- 
viniSc paratur per deftillationem Spritius ex Radice,cau- 
libus & ramis. 
Flores, Radices extractam & Sal in Pleuritide Colica 
Sc febribus teliciter fe ufurpaffe teftatur alius quidam 
Nofocomii Zeylonenfis pr^efedus. 
Atque haec f unt, qux mihi innotuere ex litteris Co- 
lombo ad Societatem noftram Indicam & ad me datis de 
herbas hujus facultatibus,^ utendique modo. Ex duobus 
Chirurgis primo memcH'atus, qui (atis accuracus tnihi 
videtur obfervator, laudat quoque in fills litteris a vi 
lithontriptica cortices Radicum ipfafque Pvadices her- 
hx cujufdam Mangul Caranda pottu Zeylanenfibus did^^ 
at, qu^e ilia fit, me latet. 
Etiamfi autem modus 8c ratio qqa agant hxc aliave 
vere lithontriptica habita medicanfenta non facilis fit 
cxplicatu, durum tamen videtur nullam plane fidem 
habere viris fide dignis. Ego vero haec experieotiag 
debite inftitutse fepiufque repetendse Committo. 
'VIII. Pan of a Letter from Mr Stephen Gray to the Pub- 
lijljer^ containing his ohfervations on ihe Foffils ^/Recul- 
ver Cliffe^and a new way of dramng the Meridian Line^ 
Tppith a Note on this letter by the Publifier. 
SIR, Canterbury^ ]m. 13. 170 1. 
¥ Received the Tranfaction for the months of Sep- 
^ tember and OSober, 17C0. moft gratefnlly, I was 
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