Latin Names. 
Obfervations. 
Jalapium Officina^ 
rum 
Bixa Orellana 
•* 
Mimofa Senegal 
Mimofa Nilotica 
Ficus Sycomorus 
Ficus Carica 
( 3 ° ) 
2d Ed. Lin. Sp. 
Englifh names. 
' • 1 
Dale 183 
True Jalap 
Lin. Sp. 730 
Arnotto, for dying 
p. 1506 
Gum Senegal tree 
p. 1506 
Gum Arabick 
P* 1 S I 3 
True Sycamore of 
Zaccheus 
P- 1513 
Turkey Figs 
• 1 
be owing to foil and heat of 
climate ; it grows wild in 
our American iflands, the 
Mofkito fhore, and in Terra 
Firma. 
This plant is fuppofedby fome 
to be a kind of Bindweed or 
Convolvulus, that grows 
near Mexico; by others it 
is thought to be a fpecies 
of Marvel of Peru. As we 
are uncertain of the genus, 
it is well worth enquiring 
into, as a molt ufeful drug, 
in order to propagate it in 
our colonies. 
This grows in all the warm 
climates of America. The 
French cultivate it, but 
what the Spaniards fend is 
much richer in colour and 
more valuable. 
This grows in /Egypt, and in 
Senegal. 
In /Egypt, from whence the 
feeds may be procured. 
This is reckoned the mod d u~ 
rable timber we know. The 
repofitoriesof the Mummies 
found in /Egypt are made 
of this timber. 
Figs grow in the greatefl: per- 
fection in Carolina, and 
would become a valuable 
trade if they had the me- 
thod of curing them as in 
Turkey. 
The 
