[ *r4 ] 
Acacia, Buxi foliis rotundioribus ; floribus al- 
bis s filiqya lata comprejfa . This Tree affords an 
excellent Wood for Joyners Work. It is, mifta- 
keniy, called Mahogany by the Babamans ; it is 
next in Beauty to what is here called Madera,vth\c\v 
is the Mahogany of Jamaica . 
43* Viper a Aquatica : The Water-Viper. Thefe 
Serpents are commonly found hanging on Branches 
of Trees, which lean over Rivers, into which they 
plunge after Fifh, which they catch and carry to 
Shoar. This Sort is commonly called in Carolina* 
the Water Rattle-Snake, not thatithath a Rattle* 
but from the Likenefs of its Colour, and its Bite be- 
ing as mortal Its Tail terminates in afharp pointed 
Horn, which, by the credulous, is thought like- 
wife to be venomous, and that a Tree wounded 
with it will die ; but this is without Foundation. 
Brutex'y foliis ferratis, floribus longioribus fpi- 
cat is fubviridibus , capfula pentagona . 
44. Vipera nigra, The black Viper. 
Arbor foliis pi mat is, Jpica pendula fericea, 
Alpin. p. 2. 
45*. Vipera fufea : The brown Viper in Virgin 
nia : In Carolina it is called the Truncheon- Snake.. 
Arum maximum JEgypt'tacum quod vulgb Co- 
kcajia G. Bauh. pin. p. 195". SlOaneHift.. Jamaic. 
Vol. I. p, 1 66. Arum JEgyptiacum F. Column. 
Ecphras. Part II. p. 1. 
Our Author refers his Readers to Sir Hans 
Sloane's ample Defcription of this ufeful Plant, in 
his Natural Hijlory of Jamaica, Vol. I. p. 166. to 
which 
