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Mites, ( as the other Kermes) on which the Maggots feed. 
The empty Husk , rub'd upon a white Paper, tinged it with 
a beautiful Purple or Murrey. 
The principal difference which I note betwixt the For- 
reignand thefe £?iglifb Berry s, now dry, is, Thatinthofe* 
the powder is red, and more bitter, in thefe white, and 
lefs bitter. But whether the powder in thefe alfo was not 
once red, I cannot fay. For in fome even of the Forreign 
Berrys, I find it white* Which I the rather note, that 
they may be feparated by Apothecaries from the reft, as be- 
ing ftark naught. 
COCHINELE. Coccus Radicum. The former Name, 
feemeth to be but the diminutive of Coccus, The latter, 
grounded upon the Opinion, That as the Kermes Berry 
grows on the Body and Leaves, fo this, on the Roots, of 
Plants, efpecially on thofe of Pimpinel 5 yet in fome places 
only. Further, I find no certain account. To me, thus 
much feems evident, That 'tis neither a Vegetable Excre- 
fcence, as fome furmife 3 nor an Infetl, as others : yet 
an Animal Body, as the Kermes Berry > by fome Infetl 
affixed to a Plant 3 and thence nouriftied for a time, but ga~ 
ther'd before it be fill'd with Mites or Maggots. For being 
held, as the Kermes Berry, in the flame of a Candle 3 it ufu- 
ally huffs andfwells, but always ftinks 3 like Hair or Horn 
when they are burnt. 
A fcruple of Cochinele added to an ounce of Saccharum 
Saturni , makes a molt curious Purple 5 but I believe 
fading. 
A GREAT GALL, which grew upon that fort of Oak 
defcribed by Clufius in the third place 3 and frequent in 
Spain. 'Tis now of a dark brown , and fmooth 5 of a 
Spherical Figure, with a few fmall knobs here and there $ 
as big as a little Apple, fc. near two inches in Diametre. 
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