( H3) 
fcnt it me under tlie Malabar name of Veera Maranni^ wlio ga- 
thered it in the month of April in Berry, 
164. Paring chekka ill^/Z'/^. 164. 
Senecio Madrafpatana Rapi folio, floribus maximis, cujus radix ^'«t^ <55o. 
a nonnullis China dicitur Muf. Fetiv. 680. 
This we call here China-root^ ^ but is very difFerent from what p^river. 
^ you defcribed with prickles. This cured one Mr Ingram of a 
Confumpion^ who had linger' d many years, at the ISIew Fort, 'Tis 
2 foot high : The Aoot jutt like China-root : When I have more 
Experience oi It you fhall hear farther. S.B. s b i6± 
165. Todallee ili^A/i!'. 
Lycium firm/V^/?//^ Buxi foliis obtufis. 
Is 6 or 8 foot high^ thick as ones wrift. A fpoonfiil or 2 of 
the Decoftion of the Root and Bark given to Infants cures the Itch 
and Scab^ and what we call the Carpaung : the Fruit is pleafant ^2. 
and eatable. S. B, This differs from B.62. in having thinner 
obtufe Leaves, and grow not exa£lly oppofite. Thele Berries 
come from the bofom of the Leaves, the other at the ends or di- 
vifions of the branches only. ^-^- 
166. Marloo-mattee yli^^M. 
^ Is a foot or i I high: The Natives ufe it to procure Love^ ^ ' 
and mixing it vrith other things, make a fort of Fhilter : but I 
do not believe it has any fuch power. It has when ftefh a pleafing 
fmell, and ftops Flu;<es. S. B. 
This, as I have already hinted (in my Herb, Unaneerc. in the ^'cf "^/"^^, 
Philofopk Tran/aff. No 224. p. 318. 11^ feems nothing diiiarent zz^'.p.iiS.j'i^ 
from our Xanthium^ or Lejjer Buriock. 
167. Ckedde meel cheddee Malab, 
Kanni-Vi^Qyxm Eremitanim iioribus fpicatis, i ^7* 
Is a fort of Folypoiium : 'twas gathered from a fmall thorny 
Tree^ bearing a fmall red Fruity which is fweet and eatable. The 
Natives fay, if every miorniiig any perfon takes half a Pagoda, 
that is, 5r^. of the powder of it^ 'uvill prevent all diftempers, f/. Malf'. 10, 
and prolong youth : Taken night and morning cares Leprofies, it i^ ^ f . 7.. 
purges gently. S. B. 
an Belutta itti Canni Hort, Malab, V. 10. p. 7. Tab. 4, fub no- 
mine TW/i iiti Canni, ^ ^^1- 
168, Va i\\vdX)00 Malab, 
Calamus Aromaticus Orientals folio radice tenuiore. -^^^* 
Acorus verus five Calamus , aromaticus 4// ^///V/zi- radice tenuioie ' 
if. L/W. Bat, 9, "Calamus Aromaticus Cjarz, L i. c. 22. 
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