Part III. And Stones li\e them. 26 7 
long and oval than the precedent. Bejler two or three Stones 
fomewhat like this, which he calls Petrify d Olives. 
A SEVENTH, of a long {lender Figure, and knobed as 
the reft, almoft like a Hazel Catkin. 
An EIGHTH, in fhape like a Peftil. The upper part of 
this is knobed, the other fmooth, whether naturally appears 
not. 
Thefe Stones either grow chiefly, or were fir ft taken no¬ 
tice of in Judea 5 from whence their Name. They are 
commonly found, not in Earth, but in the Clefts of Rocks, 
by thofe that work in them. They are diffolved with Spi¬ 
rit of Nitre , not without Effervefcence, efpecially when 
reduced to powder. And may therefore be juftly efteemed 
Diuretic 4 , and fo fometimes bring away,or (as people think) 
break til c Stone: for which, by Pliny., (a) ftis call’d Teco- ^ ) lo Llb ' 37 ' 
litbos. 
Thefe Stones always break flaky, and with a ftrong glofs, 
like a Spar 5 or the Entrochus hereafter defcrib’d. 
Of thefe Stones it is further obfervable. That being cut 
and pohih’d tranfverjly, and then wetted, they fairly exhibit, 
at leaft in colour, a twofold fubftance. The one, whitifh ; 
anfwering to the Parbenchyma or Flefh of a Fruit: the other 
black or dark-colour d, not only in the Stalk,but alfo thence 
produced, and difpofed into two Rings, a large one next the 
Circumference, and a fmall one in the centre of the Stone 5 
anfwerable to the Lignous Fibers, diftributed 111 much alike 
manner 111 fome Fruits. 
Twoftrait {lender Stones, refembling the COLUMNS 
erected in the middle of fome FLOWERS. One, Convex 
at the top, and almoft flat. The other, fpherically trian¬ 
gular, fomewhat like the Seed-Cafe of a Tulip. Beneath, 
of an a(h-colour 5 upward, of an obfeure or brown Bay. 
Of that hardnefs, that if {truck or let fill one upon ano¬ 
ther, they have a kind of Metallick found, like that of 
fmall round Button-Bells. 
Two other joytited Stones of the fame nature with the 
former: looking as if they were pieces of the. GENICU- 
LATED STALK of fome Plant. 
Tis pleafant, efpecially with a Glafs, to fee the wrought 
Work on the furtace of thefe Stones. In which the fmall 
and curious Strict which run by the length, anfwer to the 
M m 2 Lignous 
