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the thrifty Traveller, as (fays our Author) I have 
often experienced in Draughts of this refrelhing Wa- 
ter; which, tho' receiving the Heat of, the Sun's peiN 
pendicuiar Rays, was always as cool as from a Spring. 
Thefe Plants are common on many of the Bahama 
Iflands, and ufually grow on large Trees; partial 
larly Mahogony , Sappadillo , Man^anilla^ &c. which 
are fometUnes fo cover'd with them, that they feem 
to be the Leaves and Bloflbms of the Trees on 
which they grow, and make a very elegant Appear- 
ance. 
Locuf a Caroliniana , elytris fufeis s alts interior i~ 
bus nigris ad extremitates luteis . 
90. Ketmia , ampliffimo Tilt a folio fab t us argen- 
teo 7 fore magno luteo . The Maho Tree. Of the 
inner Bark of this Tree the Musket 0 Indians make. 
their Lines both for Fifhing and Striking, it being 
very tough and durable : It is alfo of great Ser- 
vice to the American Privateers, who make their 
Cordage and Rigging of it, (See more in Sir Hans 
Sloane’s Hift . Jam. V ol. I. p. 215'.) 
ThaUna fufea , alts fuperioribus Lunulis nigris 
not at is , infer ionbus lunatis et oculatis iridibus fuU 
phureis. 
9 1. Caryophyllus fpurius inodorus , folio fubro- 
tundo fcabro , fore racemofo hexapetaloide coccineo 
fpeciofijfmo. Hift. Jam. Vol. II./. 20. T. 1 64. 
Convolvulus minor pentaphyllos , fore pur pur eo 
minore . 
ThaUna ingens Caroliniana oculata e luteo fufea , 
lineis dilute pur pur eis infignita . The Great Moth* 
92. Tlumeria fore rofeo odoratijjimo . Tourn . 
Infti This is a mod elegant Plant of the Nerium 
Kind, 
