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Sinapiflr^m Indicum peatophyllum fiore carneo minus 
non fpinofum Herm, Horr. Lugd. Bar. 
Although the Hort, Malah. does not give us this as a 
Plant certainly defcribed by former i^uthors, yet I find 
it has been known ever fince Profper Alpinus his time. Antiquity, 
which IS now fornevvhat more than 80 Years ago, he 
dy'mg An, Dom, i6i<5. 
For the (everal Synonyms of this Plant 1 refer you tosynmym;^ 
Dr. Sloanes elaborate Catalogue of Jamaica Flants^ p. 80. 
only lubjoiniog this one to it, which Dr,PlukenetAv\ his cu-' 
rious as well as copiom Aimageftuiii Botanicum^p.iSo.has 
fince added, viz, Papaver corniculatum acre quinqae- 
folium i^gyptiacum minus flore carneo non fpino- 
fum. 
See a Defer ipt ion of it in Rati Hifi, Tlant, 859. T>efc}iption. 
The whole Plant bruifed and mixt wirh the Jnice ofy^y^^^^^.^ 
Raca ptilam^ takes away Tettars by walhmg with it| 
hyl'd m Oylit cures ail Cutanediis Difeafes, particularly 
the Leprofy, The reft of its Vertues 2,x^ the fame with 
the Aria veela^ H. Mai. V. 9. Tab. xj. p. 4X. which in / 
a Jittle time wefliall have an Occafion to mention. 
8. Neerchomboo Malah. 8. 
I cannot at prefent diftinguifh this to be in any thing An 
different from our Common Typhct or Cat tail ^''^'^*^' 
Nevcrthelefs, I am very well pleafed to fee an Englifh 
Plant an Inhabitant of fo reraorea Fart. 
9. Velhcaungerree Malah, 
Mr. Richard Samhach^ an ingmious Surgeon now living 
at Worcefter^ a Perfon whom you formerly knev/^ was 
the-firft who brought. me this Plant from the Ead Indies ^ \ 
which, with many others, I communicated to that moft : 
accurate Boianift, Dt.Flukenet^ who has figured it in his . 
Phytogr, Tab. izo. Fig. 5. and calls it, Riciniu Althea Name. \ ^ 
folio m^lli & incanc MaderafpataPsUS & Alm^ Bot: ^zi. 
