Ixaves grow oppofue and are remarkably fprinkled with 
black Specks. 
6. Ncer Mulle Malak 
mwes. AdhatoJa Malabarica Splnofa ^chii folio. 
Hortm Malaharkus firft gave us the Figure and 
Defcription of this ftraiJge Diuretick Plant, in the id. 
Vol. Tab. 45. p. 87. under the Malabar Name o\ Bahel 
Schulli^ (met which Dr. Plukenet hath figured it in his 
Phyt Tzh. 133. Fig. 4, ftiliog it Ancbuja angufliAoW^ 
vcrdcillis longis aculeis arniata e Maderafpatan &*Alm. 
Bot. 50. * . 
I fhall omit the Defcription of it here, becaufe that 
moft worthy Botanift Mr. John Ray, in his Hillor. Plartt, 
p. 1751. hath given it from the Hortus Malab. under 
the Denomination of Genijla Jpinofa Indica verticillata 
flore purpurea C(eruleo feuSpartium fpinofunt filtqua geminati. 
Since you tell me, Sir, it is a great D/euretick, and 
ttiat you have ften tbis and roiiftd Pepper boy I'd in Water 
r0m*. and drank Morning and Night cure the A/cites in a Por^ 
tuguefe ^ omm of 55 Years of Age; I hope it may not 
be amifs to tell you what Fertues the Hortus Malahar,^{' 
cribes to it, vizy 
That z Deco£lion of it provokes fupprefled Vrine, and 
abates the SwelUngoi the Belly in Hydr apical Perfons, and 
being taken with the 6yl of the Picus Inferni { by which I 
fuppofe is meant the Ricinus Amsrtcanns or Raima Chrifti) 
itcures the Dr{7/>/^ as aforefaid, and breaks the 6'r<7;/f ; the 
fame externally applied diflblves Buhoes, The Leaves alfo 
hoyl'd mi pickled^ being eaten are DiHret ick. 
fktre., Hortm Malah. alfo confirms what you rightly ob-. 
ferve, that this Plant grows in watry Places, and I am of 
the Opinion that the Malabar Syllable Neer, witii you, 
fignifies Aquatick^^s I find Nir does in the Hortm Malab. 
7. Nella VVaile Malab, C^t^ Vetla Hort. MaL V. (^. 
Tab. 24. p. 43. Veela & Tiloni Brm^6, 
N4mes, Five leaved Mock Mujlard,: Sina 
