Part II. 
Of Sea-Tlants. 
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their Aliment. So that the ufe of the Stone, or ftony Body, 
on which they ftand, is only to be a Safe to keep them 
heady, and in the mold convenient pofture for their 
growth. 
Thefe, and other Sea-Plants hereafter deferib’d, {linking, 
as is (aid, like Horns, in burning, and fome of them not un- 
eafily procur’d, it may be worth the Trial; Whether in 
HyjiencaU Epileptic i , or other like Cafes, they may not 
prove more effectual, than Animal Bodies. 
CHAP. II. 
Of other SEA-PLANTS, and of SPONGES. 
HTHe HORN-PLANT. Tuba marina ; as it may be 
1 called from its form. ’Tis about two yards and ? 
high. At the bottom, not two inches about ; from whence 
it grows thicker all the way to the top, where it is feven 
inches in compafs, and of an Oval Figure. Hollow quite 
through from the top till within about two feet of the bot¬ 
tom. The fides no thicker than a Hazle-Nutjhell. Not 
woody, but tough, like the young Barque of a Tree, or a 
piece of tail’d Leather 5 and within, of a like colour; but 
black without. It grows in the Weji-Indian Ocean. The 
Indians cut off the top and fo much of the fmall end as is 
fohd, and lining the infide with a fort of Glew, or of 
Lacker, make themfelves Horns hereof either for Hunting, 
or other ufe. 
A Tuft or Bunch of CORALLINE. Defcnbed and 
figur d by moft Botanicks. I add (what I think is unnoted) 
That the inward part of this Plant is truly Ligneous or Fi¬ 
brous : the outward, from whence its Name, being only a 
C ruft growing upon it, as in the Shrubs above defcnbed. 
’Tis efteemed an excellent Remedy againft Worms. 
FLAT CORALLINE, as it may be called, or Spangle- 
Wort. Defcnbed in Bauhinm (a) by the Name of Opuntia (a( Lib. 39. 
marina. By Ferranti Imperafo, (b) with the Name of Serot- ^ 3 u °.' d and = 
lara. It confifteth wholly of Leaves,joyned edge to edge,as (Ij^Lib, 27. 
in the Indian-Fig ; Somewhat round,and fcallop’d, and not 
much 
