The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . Hand. ulmrary. All Plants that have a healing Quality in their Juices, or othervv^ife, are called Vulne?ary Plants, U. T TMhelliferoiis^ fignifies a Plant that bears many Flowers difcom-%^ posd, iLmewliat like an Umbrella, growing upon many Foot- ibvlks, like Fennel Angelica, in Engla?^ is the Extremity of the Stalk and Branches divided into feve-yal Pedicles, or Rays, beginning from the fame Point, and openingin fuch a manner, as to form a kind of inverted Cone, as in aParfiiep. When thcfc Pedicles, which furround the Stalks, are again d
The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . Hand. ulmrary. All Plants that have a healing Quality in their Juices, or othervv^ife, are called Vulne?ary Plants, U. T TMhelliferoiis^ fignifies a Plant that bears many Flowers difcom-%^ posd, iLmewliat like an Umbrella, growing upon many Foot- ibvlks, like Fennel Angelica, in Engla?^ is the Extremity of the Stalk and Branches divided into feve-yal Pedicles, or Rays, beginning from the fame Point, and openingin fuch a manner, as to form a kind of inverted Cone, as in aParfiiep. When thcfc Pedicles, which furround the Stalks, are again divided E^planatory Notes, ^c, divided into others of the fame Form, upon which tlie Flowers ar?jdifpofcd, the firfl are called Rays, and the fecond Pedicles. Winged Leaves^ are thofc that are fet oppofite to one anotheron the Branches; fuch are the Walnut-tree-leaves in Eng^land, and the Leaves of the yellow Sauders, with a great manyothers, in this Iiland. N. B. / owe mojl of the above Explanatory Notes to the accurate Mr, Miller of Chelfea. c. ADDENDA. To the Account of the Murex, ending in Page 275. add^ TH E feveral Authors who have treated of the Shell-fiOi whichproduces the Purple, have, in dcfcribing it, promifcuouilymade ufe of the Words Conchyiimn^ Purpura^ Murex^ and OJlrtwi:All thefe are here convertible Terms, or figuratively apjilicd to cx-prefs either the Shell or Shell-fifli, the Tindture it emits, or thePurple or Crimfon itfelf. The Greeks calld all Shells Co?ichs ; andthat which afforded the Purple was, by way of Eminence, calledthe Conch. From hence Plautus calls purple Tapeflry conchyliata ta-fetia, yuvenal and Martial have followd the Greeks in calling thisthe Conch, Horujn ego nojt fugiajn conchylia, JUVEN. III. 8li Ehria SidoiucB cum Jtnt de fanguine conches. Mart. There are two Sorts of Shells that are fo termd: The moft se-nerally fo called, is that defcribed and delineated by Rondeletiusand others ; this is ftudded with feveral long Prickles, fome of th
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