Part II. Of Berrys, &c. 
the Wooll. They are compofed chiefly of two long and 
thin Leaves, admirably rowled up into an Oval Figure 5 as 
I may have occafion elfe where to reprefent. They are 
fometimes an Ingredient in Pectoral Medicines. Some 
Cotton Wooll, though of its felf, pure white ; yet contrary to 
Flax and Hemp, loofeth of its whitenefs by being warned. 
But whether it be that of this Shrub, or that of the Cotton- 
Tree 3 or whether, according to the Climate, Sec. there is 
not good and bad of both, I determine not. 
SAVINE-BERRYS. About as big asthofeof the com- 
mon Juniper, and of a blackiih blew. The little Sprigs, (of 
which there are fome here) are fquare 5 and not prickly, as 
thofe of the other Species. The Shrub, called Sabina Bac~ 
cifera, and defcribed by Bellonius, grows plentifully in fome 
places in Afia. 
The ROSE of JERICO, or CHRISTMAS-ROSE. Rofa 
Hierichuntina. Either an ignorant, or a crafty Name, 
agreeing neither to the place, nor nature of the Plant. For 
about Jericho 'tis nowhere found, (a) but in Arabia, upon 
the Ihore of the Red-Sea. A woody Shrub, but grows not us. 
above a foot or there about in height. Originally of an 
Aromatick fmell. The Leaves of this are foft , but the 
Flowers remain, fomewhat lefs than thofe of Cumfrey, and 
feem toconfift only of two Leaves. All the Branches are 
clofed up together, with fome refemblance to the Um- 
bel of the Plant called Bees-Neft, or fome others of that 
kind. 
Being fet in Water, its feveral Branches will gradually 
be expanded. Which fome Importers knowing , choofe 
Cbrifimas-Eve for the Experiment, and fo make people be- 
lieve that it only opens at that time. 
ANOTHER of the fame lefs globous, or with the 
Branches more erect 
Part of an INDIAN PLANT , in (hape like a Wooll- 
Combe 5 being compofed of a number of ftrait black Teeth, 
very ftiarp, near as thick as &Cock;Spur, and moft of them 
two inches long, naturally fet upright , as it were* in a 
wooden-focket* 
Ff 2 CHAP. 
