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Flights in Jamaica and Hijpaniola voracioufly de- 
ftroying the Grain there, and in other warm Parts 
of America. 
Calceolus , flora maximo rubente , purpureis vents 
not at o ; foliis amp Us hirfutis crenatis 5 radice Men- 
tis Canini. 
This Plant produces the moft elegant Flower of 
all the helleborine Tribe 5 and is in great Efleem 
with the North American Indians for decking their 
Hair, &c. They call it the Mccafin Flower, which 
alfo fgnifies in their Language a Shoe or Slipper, 
and is by thefe Indians made very like that ancient 
Slipper or Shoe lately found in the Hie of Axholme 
in Torkjhire , and fhewn to the Society Oft. 22. laft *. 
4. Vefpa Ichneumon tripilis Renfylvanienjis: 
Rhus plabrum, Fanicula Jpeciofa coccinea . Ren- 
fylvanian Sumach. 
This Rhus , for the Refplendency of its fcarlet 
Panicles, excels all others of the Tribe. The Co- 
lour begins to appear in July , with a Tin&ure of 
Yellow 5 but as the Fruit ripens, the Scarlet height- 
ens, as appeared by Plants in their full Luflre on 
the 30th Day of September 1/4.7, in the Author’s 
Garden at Fulham. The Berries that compofe 
the Panicles were thick- fct with numerous Fila- 
ments or fmall T hreads of a purple or fcarlet Co- 
lour (beft difcerned by a Microfcope) j which re^ 
ceiving a Reflexion from the Yellow, caufes this 
glorious fcarlet Colour, which nothing can excel ; 
more efpecially when the Sun fhines upon it. It is 
a 
* See thefe Tranf N 0 . 484, p. 575. 
