w o f the whole length o f it, which is common to all Bambui'r
u and in their mature ftate enlarges into fpacious cavities, r cn - ,
“ dering this ineftimable vegetable fubfervient to a. thoufand.
“ ufefwl domeftic purpofes. It is only in the iiland of Japan-
u that the Bambu is thus artificially prepared for the purpofe
“ of a walking cane: and eonftituting a lucrative article o f com-
u merce, it is counterfeited at Surat (upon the Malabar Goaft)>
“ and a fpurious fortmadeof a different wood, impofed upon the
“ ignorant.. The name of Bambu is not Indian, hut was given.
“ to this plant by Europeans», as; expreflive of the violent ex-
“ plofion that comes upon committing its branches to the flames,
“ the report of which is faid to equal that o f the firing o f guns,
“ and is caufed by the: rarefaftion o f great quantities of air,
<! which had been inaprifoned in its numerous chambers. See
“ an accurate defcription o f the Japan walking-flick with por-
“ tuberant joints, Rumph. Amb. voL iv.. lib. 6i.p;.i8, feft. the
u lafh T he minute perforation o f the young, fhoots o f the
“ Bambu is noticed by Rheede, Harp. mat. v. 2. p. 25..fe<5t.,3..
“ ‘ Stipites qui exradice, 8cc.’ So high a.fenie had the Indians in*
u antient times o f the multifarious benefits and bleflings o f this*
“ vegetable, that they aftually made it an objeft o f divinewor-r
¥ ihip, particularly in the ifland- o f Amboina, Rumph. v.. iv,
“ p. 1 8 . fe£t. 3. 0.b multiplicia- arundinum, Let me add, that
of the gernps* which fpring from the root is made the fine pickle
called Atsjaar, they are macerated in fait and vinegar,,with leeks»,
and capjicum pods added.
Fagara Piperita, 64. Sp. pi. 1. p.- 333. Kaempfi. Amcen. v*
p . 8 9 5 . Flor. Cock. 1 0 1 . . The. bark, leaves» and aromatic fruit
«fed in foups.
Menyanthes.
Menyanthes nymphoides, 82. Sp. pi. 1. p* 4 IS* Kaempf. Atncen.
y . p. 828. The leaves are falted, and become a very glutinous
fubftance; it is ufed in foups, boiled in which it becomes very
tender.
Capjicum annuum, 93. Sp. pi. i* p. 521* Kaempf. Amcen.
v. p. 826. Flor. Cocb. 157. Gultivated every where.
Anetbum feniculum, 120. Sp. pi. 1. p. 722* Flor. Cocb. 226.
Common fennel; the feeds are brought from China, and cultivated
near Jedo.
Pimpinella anifum, 120. Sp. pi. 4. p. 724. Kaempf. Amcen. v.
p. 825. Anifeed, an eaftem plant, rarely cultivated in Japan;
introduced in our difpenfatory.
Apium Petrofelinum, 120. Sp. pi. 1. p. 725. Kaempf. Amcen.
v . p. 825. • Common pariley, cultivated in many places.
Illicium anifatum, 235. Sp. pi. 2. p. 624. Kaempf. Amcen. v.
p. 880. feq. fig. p. 88i. Flor. Cocb.i-yi. Do&or Fhunberg places
this under the head of fauces, the very plant which gives fuch
additional power to the virus o f the Fetraodon. It reminds me
o f part o f the Fryar’s fpeech in Romeo and Juliet, in which he
defcribes the difcordant powers refident in the fame plant.
Sinapis cernua, 261. The Dutch ufe it as a muftard.
Lycium japonicum, 93. Kaempf. Amcen. v. p. 780. A low
plant very full o f branches.
Lyciurh barbarum, 94. Sp. pi. 1. p. 525. Kaempf. Amcen.
v. p. x. p. 577. Flor. Cocb. 165. fee p. 213 o f this volume.
Citrugtrifoliata, 294. Sp. pi. 3. p. 585. Kaempf. Amcen.-v. p.
8ox. fig. p. 802. A moil excellent hedge, by reafon o f its long,
ftrong, and horrid fpines.
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