II Mr Sam. Brown his feventh Boaiof Eaft India 
Plants, with an Account of their Names, Yet- 
tucs, Detf ription, &c; By James Petivcr, Apo. 
thecatf, an J Vcllow of the Eoyal Society- ^ 
thefe Plants Ji^^r^ gathered- between the %%th and 
20th of JimCy A. D, i€$6. in the wdp between 
Fort St George and Trippetec^ which is about 70 
miles v^. 
!S49. Cora calunga Malab. ^ ^ ^ 
TRafi Or/V;7/^^/^'radice01ivari. ^;/. Cyperus rotundus O/vV/;/^/^ 
major C B. 13. i. Theatr. 208. c. 12. i. if. 0^. Secl:.8.pag. 
2,36. 2. T^/i. xi. Ser, i. F/^. 2. This^Piantisfaidto be in Rawolphs 
Colleaion : Dr ^iukenet alfo in liis* Aimagejl, p. 127. 8, pretends 
to have it. The Roots of this next the Leaves ai^e fibrous^ to which 
lower adhere others as it were Neck-laced and Strung^ which are 
oblong like thofe of Drop-wort* The L^jz^^j are long and narrow^, 
its Panicles are Greenifti mixt with Red, thefe are frequently proli-^ 
ferous, yet feldom more than 4 or 5 Qocks-joot-like fpikes, at the 
end of each flender pedicle. 
I diftinguifk all thofe Cyperufes by the name of Trafi as have i.. 
-compreftlquamofe panicles, like the G;w;»d';? Fi/i^-^i^/^V Amorettes 
or- Gr. Amork^ whofe leffer fpikes grow very like fome of our 
IdaUylons. This isCyperm-grafs^ the Natives give the Decoction 
of the Root in "^evers^ Jaundice and Obflru^twns of the Liver^ 
here are many Species of it, 6'. R 
- 250. Comachee pillee 41^/^/5'. 
Sqainanth. or Camels Hay AngL Juncus odoratus L^/-. 2 xoTj'flj 
iePF^ArtMi Grec, Schasnanthum Officink^ Belgk 8c Italk, Camdifch- 
heuu G^m.Pafteure de Chameau GalL Adhar Adhir Arab, Saclibar 
Arabia incolis. Giunco Odoraco Sc' Squinantho ItaL Paya de la 
Mequa five Paya de Xllhamellios Uifp* PaWa de Mecka li. Paftus 
Camelorum vu-go. 
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