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However, it remained in Obfcurity, and altogether 
unknown in France , till about the Year 1672. when 
M. Legrasy a Phyfician who thrice had travelled 
over many Parts of America , brought it with him 
to Paris . But notwithstanding, its Virtues being 
not fufficiently known, it was ftill negledted for a 
long Time. Till at length one Garnery a foreign 
Merchant, brought it again to Francey and greatly 
extolling its Virtues, M. Adrian Helvetiusy a Phy- 
fician of the Faculty of RheimSy ventured to ufe 
it : and his Succefs was fo extraordinary, that Lewis 
XIV. purchafed the Secret of him, and made 
it publick. 
In regard of the Places from whence this Root 
is brought there are two Sorts, ( viz.) the Peruvian 
and the Brajilian ; but in refpedf of its Colour, 
three; which are the grayy the hr own y and the 
white . 
1. Ipecacuanha cinerea ; Ipecacuanha Peruviana^ Off. 
The gray or Peruvian Ipecacuanhay which is called 
by the Spaniards Bexuguillo and Rais de Oro , and is 
perhaps the Ipecacuanha alba of Pifiy is a tortuous 
Root, two or three Lines thick, and encompaffed, 
as it were, with’ rough Rings or Circles, being of 
a light brown or afhy Colour, denfe, hard, brittle, 
and refinous, with a fmall String running through 
the Middle, having a fubacrid bitter Tafte, and a 
faint Smell. It grows about the Gold Mines in 
PerUy and is imported every Year by the Spaniards 
at Cadiz. 
The Plant of which this Sort is the Root is not 
known, unlefs it be the Ipecacuanha alba of Pifo . 
2. Ipecacuanha fufca \ Ipecacuanha Brajiliana y et 
Radix Brafilienfis , Off The brown, or Brajilian 
Ipecacuanhay or Brajile- Root, which is produced 
from the Ipecacuanha altera feu fufca y Pifon. Oura - 
gogay Lin. gen . 934, is tortuous and encompaffed 
D 3 with 
