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Show An Appendixto Cuapr, 23. the Hiftory of Plants. Myriophylum marinum, calls it Frutex Marinus elecantifiimus, aod thinkes it maybe teferred to the Pubwa Ma~ vina of Theophraftus. Banhine hathreferred itto the Corallina’s, calling it Corallina cortice reticulate maculofopurpurafcente. It gtowes Frutex marinus reticulatus. Of the Sea Feather. Sea Fan, =DSES io: vp fomtimesto the height of threefoot,ha- SSS SSS plant, which Clify, uing a ftalke fome handfull or two high before it part into branches: thenis it diuided So SiS ee J cinedtroite or ttfuas by et Myriophyllum Pelagicum, is thus defcrib ed by him: As much(faith hee) as | could conie Cure by the picture, this was fome zi Ss ie LSZEA OS Si ty cubithigh, hauinga ftraight flalke, fii ciently flender, diuided into many Bran. ches, or rather branched leaues; almott like thofe of Ferne, but far finer, bending intothree, foure, or more branches, which are {ubdiuided into infinite other leffer ftrings , which are finely interwouen and ioyned together as ifthey werenetted, yet leaning fometimes bigger, otherwhiles lef fer holes: and thefe twiggy branches become finaller and fmaller, the farther they are from the root, and end as it were infmal threds : thefe branches grow notvp oneuerie fide, as in otherplants, but flat one be. SOG ~ His elegant ee G] The Defcription, The Sea Feather. their topslike the branches ofthe Palme of a yellowith colour : the top ofthe talk adorned with leffer leaues, ended in certaine {cales ar cloues framed into ahead. which are found ta containeno otherfeed than tender plants already formed , in thape like to the ald one; which falling finke to the bottameofthefea, and there take root and graw, and fo becomeofthe fides another, fo that the whole plant re- femblesa fan, ora cabbageleafe eaten full of holes;yet fomtimesvponthe fides come forth other fuch fanne-like branches, {ome bigger, fome leffe, forhetimes one or two, otherwhiles more. The inner fubftance of fame magnitude as the eld one from this Sea-Fan is a blackith tough, and hatd whence they came. The ftalke is faftned with moft flender and mote than capillarie fibres, in ftead ofa soot,not vpon rocks wood, and it is all couered ouer with a rough Coral-like ftony matter, ofa reddifh ofthe fea : this ftalke when itis drieis no lefie brittle than glaffe or Coralline , but your naile or a knife {crape off ffom the fmoothandblacke wood, Vy I knownovfe ‘of this, but it is kept for therarenefle the beauty andraritie thereof, by manylouers of fuch curiofities, among ft whichfor and Oifterthells, as moft other fea plants are, but vpon fand at mud in the bortome — and yet growing it is as tongh and exible as Spartun or Matweed, or purplifh colour, and this you may with WF vTrP DY Wu IW of the ftru@ure this may holda prime place. ; @ The Place. ‘It groweth in the deepeft ftreames’ of the ‘Illyrian fea, whenee the Fithermen draw it forth Cuar. 25. Of (hina, and Baftard (hina. honpe andother inftruments which they call Sperne, ‘The whole plant, though dried,retains the faculties. ; @ The Names, The Italian Fifhermen call it Penachio delle Ninfe, and Palma de Nettume:* {ome alfo,Scettro di Ne. funo, q ThevVertues, They fayitis good againft the virulent bites of the Sea ferpents}and the venomous ftings ptickes of Fifhes. Applied to fmall greene wounds it cures'thent in the fpace of 24 Koures, B Cortufus writ, that he had made triall thereof for the killing and voiding of wormes,andthat he © feiind it tobe ofno lee efficacie than any Goralline, and chat giuen in leffe quantitie. CHar. 24. “ Of the Sea Fan. q The Defcription. a. 7s he His elegant fhrub groweth yponthe rockes ofthefea (whereitaeis fometimes couered with the water) in divers places ; for it hath been brought both from the Eaft and Weft Indies,and as Thaue beeninformedir is to be foundin great plenty vpon the rocks at the BurmudaIfles.C?highJ 7 ; Caib q The Defiription. viewitth frequent in frequ andd iiss 5 in | ent v{ewi orld. oid, ld,an 1ewor : of the eft parts remote he> remot rc i brought fromt ich is + Hisroot which : for Garsias ab yeares ten and e ico foure aboue little ys. hath not been knowne in Europe ‘ame to thefirft knowledge thereof in the Baft orta the Portugall Phyfition writes,That hec he relates it: Ithapned(faith he) that about as Indies, in the yeare 1535, and that by this meanes, Patron, thenoble gentlemanS‘. Mart .Alfonfode Soufamy from D: that time a merchant in theIfle Diatold hwas bya certaine root brought which Kes Poxes, h Frene the of cured by what meaneshewas needed not obferuefo ftri&a diet extolled,becaufe fuchas bie itChina-whofe faculties he much from Beefe, Porke, Fifth, and . ube onely fhould but as was requifit in thevfe of Guajacum, theregreat gluttons. When are oa oe from abftaine crude fruits ; but in China they donot ed to fee andvieit, bedefir wondertu??) man euery the report ofthis root was divulged abroad, cee ; fwieex hy (rve i : vfe of Guajacum. , } ‘ 1 = i aos - o 7 ae 1 > bh > U {cor ‘ vie sb ia: dto obferue5 in 7 dyet they/ were > force Ki g af “ho ‘C. «e did notwell like of the (tri& ee caufe they ala > they € are wre Pi as ae sek is idle their n of by reafo ries, count s thefe of itant Jes ‘tie inhabME RrerE es, BeliCES, g itico A : a) ingin a (mall quant $ Toot y q iue at Malaca, bringing a {mall pe » time About this the 5 China 14 fhips(hipsatr at 3 a a ~y caue an exceffiue ratea for on Patneufe But this little was fought for with fuch earneftne fle, chat che pee ee e Peat e i tack Pac rg er SB AF aE ts the Chinois bringing a great se 5 : Fae Re : ; tt saiaci > tohe our of yie.andd banifhed the incics,as 4 ope d ec vfe,an b ‘ ; OR TE oat ta the firft vfe thereof in the Haft cheape. Fromthis time Guajacum Den that would famifh the Natiues. ‘Thus much Garcias concerning Te" ©” Indies, = 2 The Yuuuuu 3 |