B Applied to {mail green wounds it cures them in the ("pace of 2 4 homes.

Ari Appendix to

C H A P. z}; Oftbe Sea Feather.

dujriaphyllam marimim. ll '1‘ he Dcftriptim. The Sea Feather. t 'I"His elegant plant , which C11‘/5"’ re}- ceiued from Cortufm by the na‘m§b°d Myrzopby/lam Pclagicam, is thus delcrl ,3 by him. As much (faith he) as I 60“ conje €ture by the piéture, this was lgmi cubit high,hauing a ftraight ﬁalk, {U C ently ﬂendendiuided into many bran‘ .? or rather branched leaues , almoft liL_C thofe of Fern,but fat ﬁnenbending the‘; tops like the branches of the Palmci ° _ yellowifh colour : the top of the 38”“ :1 domed with lefI‘er leaues ended in Cert“ fcales or cloues framed into an 1163 5 which are found to contain no other fee than tender plants already formedialaplic like the old one : which falling link to ‘ bottom of the feat, and there take root“ ,‘ grow, and fo become of the fame mag” tude as the old one from whence ‘he? came.The iiallt is faﬁned with m0l_t ac" deraiid more than capillary ﬁbresal” us of a root,not v on rocks and oiﬁerlhe ’ as molt other ea plants are , but 0}! mil‘ or mud in the bottom of the fea:th15 [30 when it is dry is no leﬂ'e brittle thilﬂ _ ralline or glaffe ; but greene 8: Y6‘ E‘ W ieg it is as tough and ﬂexible as Sf’/1"”’ ’ or Matwced. ’ i

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i_ 6|)‘ “The Place. _ b with It groweth in the deepeft flrreames of the Illyrian fea, whence the ﬁihermen draw it fort fr hooks or other inﬁtuments, which they call Spern. The whole plant though dried retains‘ I culties. I I The N Amer. I , N“. The Italian ﬁihermen call it Pemzcbia delle Nz'nfe,and Palm dc Nemma : fome alfo,Smtro 1’ mm. — . . qf T56 Vermes.

'3 They fay it is good againﬂ the virulent bites offea Serpents,and the venomous (tings 01' Flicks

of ﬁfhes. Cmu u: writ,that he had made triall thereof for the killing and voiding of wormsﬁﬂd found it to be 0 no lcffe efﬁcacie than any Coralline,and that giuen in leili: quantitie.

I C H A P. 2.4; Oftlae Sea Fan.

1] T/at Dcﬁriptiona

s i ' [115 1 His elegant (hrub groweth vpon the rocks of the fea (where it is fometimes coueted with”

_ water) in diuets places ; for it hath been brought both from the Eaﬁ and W63 l“d‘°sc3/“fur as haue bin iniorined it is to be found in great plenty vpon the rocks at the Burmuda Iﬂes. 3115

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- -6, mm . . .5. . . Fyrarrex 72z,~z;?;/"mt: 7"r;‘z'«.".w':1t.*i-.?'. _ca Eat“ ._ , iC:,:,l:3ii;1:ii-tieiiredg ::ﬂiiit:i‘:’r4a;a::f2ﬁ::::‘:;§f:§i«;3;:,i:f. pbmfim. hart/fine hathﬁ‘ referred it to the C0591/.’ li7¢4’:, calling it Com/[ma comer retina/Ara mam‘- loﬁzpzirpzirafcmte. It gtowes fomctirncs to the height, of three foot,li-auing a [talk fOiIlC’i1€llld=i full or two high before it part into branches ‘:53: then is it diuided into three, foure , or inorg branches‘, which are fubdiuided into inﬁnite; other lelier ﬁrings , which are ﬁnely iuterwoa uen 8: ioyned together as if they were netted,- I .yet leauing fomtimes bigger, other-whilegg leg, fer holes 5 and thefe twiggy branches become friiallerand fmaller, the farther they are from the root , and end as it were in f mall threds; Thefe branches grow not Vp on euery lide , as in other’plants,but ﬂat one beﬁdes another, {b that the whole plant refembles a‘ fan,0r a cab. bage leafe eaten full of holes; yet lirsneggmeg vpon the {ides come forth other {itch farvlike branches, fome bigger, fome leffe, fometimeg one 0r.,tVv0,othervvhiles more. The inner liih- Rance of this Sea Fan is a blackiih €OLIo~]3 and hardwood , and it is allcouered ouerbwizh a rough Coral-like {tony rnatter,of' a reddiih or purplifh colour , and this you may with your KKK \ . V ,_ naile or a kéllfﬁ. fcrape of from the ﬁnooth and ) e § \ blaclc woo . A . . p ,9 *&4,§5 § [know no vl:e.0f this , but it is kept for the_ . ' ’”’”' beauty and raritie thereof, by many louers of renggfe of the Ftruﬁiure this may hold a prime placer '

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C H AP‘, 15," Of C/9z'7m,and6rt/Zara! Claim.

9; The D9/Eriptian.

His root which is brought f"°mithe remote?‘ Ram of thgworw 3 and is in ﬁequenrt "re with ‘ ns hath notbiniknown in Europe little aboue ninety yeares : for Garcia: 06 one the Portugal! ’ he ﬁrﬁ: knowledge thereof in the hair Indies in the ytélfe

Phyfitian Wri[C5; That he Came to t . . . . - J 1535; and that by this means,as he relates 1:1: It hapned(laith he) that about tlibis titlnt a inerchalpt in the me Di“ told the noble gentleman S .M47’t.L/![ﬁ7?’»fd dc Sazrﬁz my Patton, y W at mcanes e

- r ‘ China- whole faculties was cured of th F ch P0xes.which was by acertaln V00‘ blougl“ 50”‘ . ’ . . he much exmllgdaéigau fe fuch as vfcd itneeded not ob ferue fo (met a dyeit afs W as rCqullltC(1:n the Vfe Of’ Guajacum - but fhould only ab (‘rain from beefe,porke, ﬁihiand cru c l'LI1CS;bLllI in hing they do not abfiafn from ﬁn,’-for they are there great gluttons. When the report of this root was

derfully deﬁred to feeandvfe igbecaufe they did not wel like the

d‘ . . aiiliihejeiaﬁiiifélirioﬂig gyodlbferue in the vfe of Guajacum. Beﬁcles, the inhabitants of thefe

- - - - h iuen to luttony. About this time the China {hips countries b reafonof their idle life are nine g ‘ E . . . “Flue at Meiilacaubringing a final ‘1“3m"Y owns '00‘ for the.“ gwn iéreiblitshls hm‘e.wa.s fought for with ﬁich earneﬂ:neﬂ‘e that they S3“ 9" cxcemue rate for It : Ii“ 3 teilwar. the Cinnols bung‘ ing a greater qu3n;i:y,the price fell,and it was {old very cheape. torn t is time C_}ua1acum began to be out of vfe and banilhed the Indies,“ 3 Slgnéaidéilat ‘Wald famllh the. N‘".‘F‘.e5'_T.h“‘ mmh

- ’ . ' ies. G"-"‘.“:‘?9’1C‘?F_*‘_E1‘SFl.!“:§F1lY{?Fl!°?€°l‘.°‘h° 3 ‘;,Wmu 3 M “I This