haps one ſhould be at a Loſs to find two or three Inches of Ground, were cover'd with Trees and Buſhes. We climb’d up the rocky Shores to look for the watering Places, not without ſome difficulty and danger, by the Help of the Roots of Trees, which grow up towards the Top, and which running down to the Ground ten, twenty, or more Fathoms, ſerv’d us inſtead of Ropes to catch hold at. Between the Heaps and Ruins, for ſo may I well call them, you meet very frequently with ſmall Lakes, or Ponds of ſweet Water, which is in ſome Places ſo cold, that having taken the Diverſion of waſhing my ſelf, I was very much indiſpos’d for ſome Days after. One River we met was large enough to drive a couple of Mills, and it came down from the Tops of the Mountains, running over the Rocks and Stones with ſo much rapidity and roaring, that ſtanding by we could ſcarce hear one another ſpeak. The Water was clear, cool, and ſeem’d to me to taſte ſomewhat bitter. I had not leiſure enough to make what Obſervations I wiſh I cou'd have made upon the Plants of this Iſland. I obſerv’d in general that there grow many of thoſe, which I found upon the Iſland Eidam, ſome few Leagues diſtant from Batavia, and have deſcrib’d amongſt the plants of that Iſland. Along the Shores I took notice of the following Trees and Shrubs.
Terum Lauk, a middle ſiz’d Shrub, with oblong leaves, two or three Inches long, an inch and a half broad, almoſt opaque, with a ſtrong nerve running irregularly acroſs the middle. The Flower was Yellow, pentapetalous or conſiſting of five petala, diſpos’d in form of a Star. The ſeed was exceedingly beautiful, all green and like a Star of Seven rays. There were three, four or five of theſe Starry Seeds grew Cloſe to one another, which altogether made a very handſom figure.
Prija-Laut, is a Shrub which bears a berry ſomewhat larger than our Juniper berries, green and of a fleſhy ſubſtance. The leaves are ſerrated. I obſerv’d the very ſame plant in Perſia about Gamron or Banderabaſſi, and have figur’d and deſcrib’d it at large amongſt my Perſian plants.
Maanbu. A pretty large Tree with ſeveral obtuſe tender leaves, ſoft to the touch, without a nerve in the middle, ſticking together at the end of the branches. I obſerv’d the ſame tree at Eidam, but had not then the good luck to meet with the flowers and fruit, which I ſaw here in full perfection. The flower is ſomewhat particular. It conſiſts of 5 petala, all on one ſide diſpos’d in form of a Semi Circle, or half moon. Oppoſite to the flower leaves is a bent ſtylus ſlanding upwards with a ſmall round green head at the top. To the flowers ſucceed five berries of a fleſhy Subſtance.
Papiniok, hath a white flower not unlike the fower of beans, which family it comes neareſt with regard to the leaves, there being three ſet
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