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Gen. I. 3. This h'^s no Place in Phyfic, tho’ 
feme contend that a Deco6tion of this Wood, 
is as Efficacious jn Venereal Cafes as that of 
Guajacum- It is chietiy uled to make Mathe- 
matical Inftrumencs and Turnery Ware of. Un- 
fair Traders mix this Wood ground among 
powdered Ginger^ and Liquorice. 
Byflus 
I, Bvssus tenerrima viridis velutum referens. 
Syn. 56. Conterva minima viridis terrellris Budl. 
Hort.Jke. This I obfervedin Company with Mr. 
Bird, growing on the Rock behind the Bath, at 
Mansfield. 
2 Byssus pulverulenta incana farinse inftar 
hrata Syn. ibid. This white Byjfus is obferved 
in moll Places in Atitumn, w'here the Sun does 
not reav.li as in CohckklVood, Nottingham Coppice, 
w here it Teems fprinkled like dower upon 
decayed MoJJes, Bark otitrees &c. 
3. Byssus pulverulenta flava lignis adnafeens, 
Syn. ibid, grows on old Boards, Pales and Pojls, 
expofed to the M’eather. 
4. Byssus aureus Derbienfis humifufus Syn. i- 
jbid. Pet. Gaz. Mufeus croceus faxigena holo- 
fericum referens, leu BylTus petrsea Lhivyd. Syn. 
H. Saffron coloured Jilken Jlone Mofs.. Found on 
the Stone W^all ol Colti'ickChurch. 
Fungus fpongiofus niger reticulatus dolio- 
lis vinolis adnafeens brv. ^7. This dees not on- 
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