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Muscorum.
Then follows a list o f medicines easily obtained, or
such as are in use among the country p e o p l e ; among them, the
c o o d effects o f Linncea borealis, in rheumatic disorders, are well
known, and much celebrated. H e relates, on the authority o f
the President himself, that two men, who had been confined to
their beds for several months by ischiatic pains, were cured in
three days b y a strong decoction o f that plant. Its operation
appears to have been o f the sedative kind, as the patients were
thrown into a sleep, which lasted 1 6 or 2 0 hours. H e confirms
the opinion o f the Lepra arising from the Hair W o r m (Gordius
aquaticus), as mentioned in N o . 1 3 1 o f this collection; and he
makes some observations relative to the Colica Lappo?wm, de­
scribed in Montin's dissertation, N o . 2 7 - A t the end is a de­
scription o f an African plant, called by Linnaeus Gunnera, in
honour o f the Bishop o f Drontheim.
Iter in Chinam. Resp. A . S P A R R M A N . 1 7 6 8 .
This epitome o f Sparrmans voyage to China consists o f little
more than an enumeration o f those subjects o f natural history
which occurred to the journalist, both on land and sea; for, as
he makes use o f the trivial names, all descriptions are super­
seded, except that some o f those imperfectly known are more
amply elucidated in the notes.
150.
Vol. 8.
Erlang. (Schreber) 1 7 8 5 . p p . 3 3 2 . tabb. 8.
1 5 1 . Colonice Plantarum.
Resp. J. F L Y G A R E . 1 7 6 8 .
This dissertation treats o f what may be called the emigrations
and colonizations o f plants,—a subject extremely interesting to
the curious botanist, and not hitherto sufficiently studied by
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