Part If. Of Sea-Wants. 
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their Aliment. So that the ufe of the Stone, or ftony Body, 
on which they ftand, is only to be a Bafe to keep them 
fteady , and in the moil convenient pofture for their 
growth. 
Thefe, and other Sea- Plants hereafter defcrib'd, ftinking, 
as is faid, like Horns, in burning, and fome of them not un- 
eafily procur d, it may be worth the Trial 3 Whether in 
Hyfterical, Epileptic k , or other like Cafes, they may not 
prove more effectual, than Animal Bodies. 
■ ; CHAP. II. 
Of other SEA-PLANTS, and of SPONGES. 
HPHe HORN-PLANT. Tuba marina 3 as it may be 
*~ called from its form. Tis about two yards and « 
high. At the bottom, not two inches about 3 from whence 
it grows thicker all the way to the top, where it is feven 
inches in compafs, and of an Oval Figure. Hollow quite 
through from the top till within about two feet of the bot- 
tom. The fides no thicker than a Hazle-NutJheU. Not 
woody, but tough, like the young Barque of a Tree, or a 
piece of tan d Leather 3 and within, of a like colour 3 but 
black without. It grows in the Weft-Indian Ocean. The 
Indians cut off the top and fo much of the fmall end as is 
folid, and lining the infide with a fort of Glew, or of 
Lacker, make themfelves Horns hereof either for Hunting, 
or other ufe. 
A Tuft or Bunch of CORALLINE. Defcribed and 
figur d by moft Botanicks. I add ( what I think is unnoted). 
That the inward part of this Plant is truly Ligneous or Fi- 
brous: the outward, from whence its Name, being only a 
Cruft grov/ing upon it, as in the Shrubs above defcribed. 
Tis efteemed an excellent Remedy againft Worms. 
FLAT CORALLINE, as it may be called, ox Spangle- 
Wort. Defcribed in Bauhinus (a) by the Name of Opuntia o) Lib. $ 9 : 
viarina. By Ferranti Imperato, (b) with the Name of 3V> o/- c ^° x ^ znd ' 
lara. It confifteth wholly of Leaves, joy ned edge toedge,aso; Lib, 27. 
in the Indian- Fig 3 Somewhat round, and fcallop'd, and not 
much 
