*54 ' N A T U R k-L^HYl-S f 0 K j$ j o ^ M ) & M *A %
-Whibh is the riioft common ^iri theft ff^sj is:^pen feund^the lea-
ftar, which fhall hereafter bed'efcribed under the name 6f-1>t£lk
Arborefcens, or, if-my fahdy-ma^iSlce place,dif* Caput Medlfe,
to d th is 'c ^ tu rc from’ its dfeli^k: in this'^getable’ fhay bercoii-
ceived ,to niafe -it* vital food,' at leaf!: I havb'’itiet with It iift-fbv'eral
branches o f this fpecies. B ‘
IV. This is an ell and half in ‘length) ‘a full- iiich di&toeter,
extreindy porous,5/ftlte - tvy^s feabMuS ani^J^fied their
extremities; bearing rtohd nuts of the bigfiefs of a fmall nutmeg.
This branch is of a ftraw colorny‘but Thave another ofttheSfeine
kind, which, though of nearly^the ii^ d - growth and -figurep is
very different in colour, being of a; dteep iedi] which^'Jepders^it
very lightly. .
V. This piece is two ells and' half-long; and the -Only ohe I
could obtain immediately after-its "beiflgt .taken 'out 'of the’ lyater;
and consequently faw it f u l lo f fap,' freftrin colour, arid in'alHts
vigour. It tyas then far inore beautiful- than lince it;«was.drfed,
being then of a lively red, or a fiery yellow. The chief limb is
as thick, as a child’s arm, and the. twigs as a finger. -At each ex~
trchiity is an oblong excrefccnce,i likc5ai fmall .pear, but this' fruit
or leaf, I know not fiibftaficG as
the flock iffelf, a drcnmifenee common to alb fea^trees, mone^of
them bearing thin leaves. Having laid • it; in; -the: window to dryptt
diftijled a mucikginbUs liquor o f the fame .colour, but of a ftrarige
unpleafant firiell. Whilft this vegetable retained its imoifture, it
had lome refemblance to human flefii, with. fome minute iner-
ftices like pores, but upon the ftems being, dried arid Shrivelled,
they became larger,- So that riow. bolh: imjddlo&b and figure it! re-
lembles ginger.
VI. This branch' is not lb fightly,; and Something lefs thafl the
former, to which both in colour and Subftance it is ;fimilar,- but
not in figure,; it being, as: the . plate Shews; .flatter -and ‘coarSer. * -
VII. Tins branch^gapi ,js. Ids than the fqpmer,, but far pore
fightly, eonfilling o f a bufhy affemblage o f many fmall twig^.
It is not thicker than a quill, Spungy within and woolly without,
as if covered over with the find! cloth.- Its colour is a pale yellow:
It has a flat root, preServed better than any of the reft, by
which, this fpecies is connected with the rock.