PETIVERIANA III, &c. 
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249 White Jfoney'fuc'kle. Grows branched and always in low 
moift ground : This and the following flower in April 
and May. 
250 J a 88 e d Honey-fuckle. Becaufe its Flowers are deeper cur, 
This grows jn clear dry Ground. 
251 Swamp Honey-fuckle. Grows in fwampy Woods and 
River Sides about 2 or 3 Foot high and bears a great Bunch 
of fine white Flowers. 
252. Wood Honey-fuckle. About a Foot high; its Flowers 
on finall Footiialks, feveral together from the main Stock 
which is nor thicker than a Wheat llraw. 
253 Woodbind. Is here evergreen and long in Flower. 
254 Jafmin Clymer. From the Shape of its Leaf, but larger ; 
it grows round Trees, and makes a fine Shade and aqukk 
grower; ’tis an Ornamental Plant with a black Berry, 
255 Scarlet Trumpet-Fine. Mikes a fine Arbour, bears a 
large red Bell-Flower and a long Cod. 
256 Haycock. A Summer Clymer , with a glorious Flower , 
it bears an Applc y of an agreeable Sweet xnixt with 
Sowre. 
257 Larks-heel-tree. From the refemblance of its Flowers. 
258 Yellow Jafmin. Of a pleafant Smell, growing in Woods. 
SECT. 4. Fiuit-Trees, Shrubs and Bu(hes, viz. 
259 Red -Cherry. A large Tree in the Woods , not much unlike 
the Cornel berry. 
z6o Chijler cherry. Grows high and in Bunches like Currans, 
they have a bitterilh fweet Relifb, and yield a crimfon 
Juice. 
2 61 Black and white American Damfons. Thefe grow on all 
the Sand banks along the Coaft. 
z6z Box Plum. From the Yellownejs of its Wood , which is 
fomewhat porous : The Fruit has a Phyflcal Ta'te. 
263 Early /ndian Plum. This makes a fine Shew when in 
Flower. 
264 Late Indian Pium. Its Bloffoms white, fmall, and very 
fwefit, the Fruit red and palatable, 
265 Wild Fig. Grows up the Mountains in Virginia. 
2 66 Common red Mulberry. Is very fweet and one of our ear- 
iiefl Fruit , next the Strawberry. 
267 White Mulberry. Very common and fit for Silk-worms. 
268 Black Mulberry. Bears a fmall Fruit , but very fweet. 
269 Papau. Bears an Apple of the Size of a Hen's Egg , yellow, 
foft, and very fweet; of thefe they make rare Puddings, 
its Leaves very broad and Stones large, 
270 Summer Perflmon. Agrees with all Soils. 
271 Winter Perflmon . Becaule the Fruit ripens not till the 
Frofl appears. 
272 Black Grape . With a pale Flejb-cofoured Juice. 
273 Black Bunch- grape, leilds a crimfon Juice , grows com¬ 
mon and bears plentifully ; they ate of a good fteli/b but 
fmall, yet have a large Stone and thick Skin. 
271 Black Summer Fox grape. Ripens with the next in July, 
frequent in Swamps and low moifi Ground. 
175 White Summer Fox-grape. This and the laft grow not 
in Clufters, having, but 5 or 6 in a Bunch and ripen in 
the Shade ; they are about the Size of a Damfon. 
276 Black Winter Fox-grape. Ripens in September in all Soils, 
but moll plentifully on the Sandy Sea Coafls. 
277 White Winter Fox grape. The Fruit clear and tranfpa- 
renr, with fmaller Grains : This and the foregoing are 
pleafant, but all glutinous. 
278 Red Haw. Of an agreeable Tafie, and four times as big 
as ours in Europe. 
279 Black Haw. A Bender Tree : Thefe are eaten both by 
Men and Birds. 
280 Black- berries. Are bitterijby and not fo palatable as in 
England. 
281 Blue Bilberry. Not unlike our common Engltjh. 
282 Great Biberry. Grows in Savona's, Meads, and Woods : 
This has both a larger Fruit and Seed. 
283 Small Bilberry. As pleafant as the blue , but larger ; 
grows 3 or 4 Foot high, in low good Ground, and River- 
banks. 
i€4 Tree Bilberry. Grows 10 or 12 Foot high, and as thick as 
a Man's Arm , in low Grounds ; the Fruit is pleafant and 
bears much. 
285 April Currans. A very beautiful Tree, on the Banks of 
Rivers , in Clayey Ground ; its a pretty ted Fr«i/,but gone 
quickly. 
286 Bermudas Currans. A Bufh^'orrj in the Woods, like our 
Englijb, and much eaten by foine. 
287 Winter Currans. A pretty bufhy Tree, about 7 or 8 Foot 
high, very fpreading ; are ripe in Odober: They make 
Tarts of them, and dry them infiead of Currans. 
COM. V. Some American Plants, with their Specifick Vertue 
and Wonderful Ejfctts, lately fent me by the Reverend ^ 
Learned Dr. Cotton Mather , at Bofton in New England au a 
Fellow of the Royal Society, London. 
288 Ophiophuga, Cottouis Mather. 
Hieracium Nova Angliae Succifx folio, Flor. parvis ramo- 
fis, Nob. 
A Poultifs of this bruifed and laid to the Part bitten by 
the Rattle-Snake, it immediately fetches out the Deadly 
Poyfon ; it’s alfo remarkable, that if put into the Shoes 
no Sapent will dare to come near them. A Tea of fi 
a good Ophthalmick , C. M. 
N. B. I have already 4 or % different Sorts of thefe R a t . 
tle-Snake Plants from Carolina, Virginia and Maryland 
and this, another, altogether new to me. 
289 Caltha Sylvattca or Wood MarygolJ,C. M. 
Flos Solis N. Anglia, fol. feflihb.s fcabris, cauletubtnie 
Nob. This is, perhaps, the greatefi Vulnerary in the* 
World ; a Balfam of the green Leaves , with Oil Olive 
cures the moft grievous Punttures of the Nerves, and 
Guts of ail Sorts, with an admirable Efficacy and 
Quicknefs, ordinary Wounds in 4 ox 5 Hours, to the 
great Aiionifbment of the Patient, and extraordinary 
Cuts in a very few Days atfutheft. The Indians will 
fight like Milton 1 $ Devils , if tins Travmatick be near 
them,C. M. 
This fort of Americk Chryfanthemum, Dr. Morifon calls 
Vofatan, and now grows in our Phyfick Garden at 
Chelfey. 
290 Great But Comfry. A fort of Caryophyllata Avens or 
Herb Benner. 
29r Small Bur Comfry. It does Wonders in internal Wounds 
relieves OppreJJions in the Stomach, from clotted Blood* 
not to be paral'el’d, C. M. This feems another fort of A- 
tens, but being without Flower or Seed, I cannot determine 
it, J-f‘ 
292 Formofa , C. M. by the Indians Satanfchoo. Two Spoon¬ 
fuls of the Water in which this Herb is boiled, cures the 
Malady which we call the Stomach-ach, as alio Inflamma¬ 
tions of the Eyes , being wafhed wiih it ,C. M. This 
with us is called the Cardinal-flower , from its beautiful 
fcarlet Colour. Vid. Ray Hifl. Plant. 74 6.1. 
*93 Taututtipoag, fo called by the Indians. 
The whole Plant with the Root boiled and applied to the 
Face , cures what we call the Ague there, and alfo any 
Tumour ; it alfo does Wonders in Cancers and other 
Vlcersby bathing. A Tea of this inwardly, and a 
Pultifs to the Part grieved, is the grand Medicine here 
for the foul Difeafe, C.AI. This is a fort of Gcramum 
Batraehoides, longins radicatum, Ray 31. p. 1061. 
294 Fagiana or Cancer Rape, C. M. Orobancbe ramofa N. 
Anglia., fub Fagis nafeens, Nob. A Pultifs of this Plant 
laid to the Part, and a Tea of it inwardly, does Wond.rs 
in Cancerous and Scrophuloju Cafes, as alfo in Malignant- 
Fevers ; it flrengthensand invigorates after Fatigues and 
Wearinefs. Grows only under Beech Trees in Jbady Places, 
fiom Midfummer till Autumn. 
COM. VI. Divers M'fcell any Curiofltie: fent me frem Bombay 
and Callecut, by Mr. Alex. Chriflie, Surgeon, refiding in 
thofe Parts. 
295 Fapilio major c nigro & pallide caerulefcente, alls inferi- 
oribus finuofis maculilque atris ornatis , e Callecut. 
z$6 Libella major, aficibut alarum lanceatis, alls inferioribus 
amplis maculis e Callecut. 
The following Shells from Bombay. 
297 Cochlea auriculata, fafeiis caftaneis, pulchreobliquis Ga- 
zophyl. Natur. Tab. ioi. Fig, 9. 
298 Cochlea umbilico magno fmuolo, maculis cafianeis. Gaz. 
Nat. Tab. 101. Fig. 10. 
299 Buccinum oblongum minus, coflis ebtufis parcb elatis. 
Gaz. Nar. Tab. 101. Fig. 14. 
300 Buccinum breve minus ,coflis dense pofitis. G.N. T. 101. 
fig- 15 - 
301 Murex breve minus, fafeiis Cpinoiis. G. N. iov.18. 
301 Veneroides exilis alba,/a/Dir duobus rubelcetitibus. G.N. 
102, f. 13. 
303 Buccinum dentatum album, enflis obliquis. G. N. io?. 
f. xi. 
304 Rhombus fafeiis capillaribus fufeis, cingulo medio albx 
G. N. 101. 17. v 
305 Operculum album, intus auritum. G. N. 101. f. ir. 
306 Rubeola ereda, fpicd Typhoides ccerulei. Found in 
fwampy Grounds, tne latter End of the Rains. 
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