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the Belly, the Back much bowed, and both of them about ? 
an inch thick. 
The BEAN belonging to the faid COD. Bauhinus 
feems to defcribe and pi&ure ( a ) under the Title of (a) Tom. z* 
Phafwlus -peregrinus magnus , colore C aft anece, cum magno Cap ' l 7 m 
hilo, Idevis. About half as big again as a Chefnut, flatifh, 
and having a broad, blackifh Seat, reaching above half its 
compafs. Whereby it appears to be of the Bean-kind, 
■ and no Phafwlus 5 the Seat whereof, like that of the Lupine, 
is always round. Of thefe Beans, are here preferved both 
black and bav. 
The COD of another Brafdian KIDNEY-BEAN, with 
the Beans enclofed. It differs from the former in being 
black, and in the number of its Cells, which are three. 
The Bean is fomewhat Oval, and wrinkled, and having 
a Seat which reaches almoft its whole compafs. See a good 
Figure hereof in Calceolarias s Mufaunt. 
HERCULES'S CLUB. Rubi facie fenticofa Planta. A 
tall woody Plant , defcribed in fome fort, and fo called, 
by Lobelius. Near three yards long 5 how much longer, 
is uncertain, being cut off at both ends 5 almoft feven 
inches in compafs, (trait, and but very little taper d. Ori- 
ginally, had two or three Branches, here cut off. En- 
compaffed with a great many pointed Studs, ( whence its 
Name ) thick fet, and fometimes growing double, flatifh, 
and about an inch broad by the length of the Club, after 
the figure of the Thorns of the Rasberry-Bufh. Like to 
which they are alfo meerly cortical, having not one fiber 
of wood in them, whereby they break \\kc Cor^, but are 
not fo foft. The wood is as hard, as that of Holly, and 
the Pith but fmalL So that notwithftanding the fimiji- 
tude of their Thorns, yet is it a different Plant from the 
Rubus. 
The STALK of a Plant like a NET. Tis only the 
woody part of it,the Barque and Pith being both taken away. 
'Tis above an Eln long 5 likely, when entire, much longer, 
for now 'tis broken at both ends. Almoft fix inches about. 
The fpaces between the reticulated portions of Wood, are 
about * or \ of an inch over , and from two inches to 
four, in length. Prince Maurice, looking upon This as 
a Curiofity, upon his Return from Brafile,btoughz it thence 
with him. This 
